MS DanceR

Posted 18 Jul 2003 at 00:22 UTC by The Swirling Brain

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a four wheeled robot that dance with humans. The robot named MS DanceR which stands for Mobile Smart Dance Robot can follow the lead of a human or be the lead by a human by keeping a waltz pattern in its memory and predicting the next step of the dance. It senses the pressure to its arms and back and tries to stay in sync with the human partner. However, it doesn't yet wisper in your ear about how beautiful you look.

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