Japanese industrial robot learns to dance

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  • esef
    Platinum Poster
    • Jun 2004
    • 1717

    Japanese industrial robot learns to dance


    Let?s face it. The life of an industrial robot can be pretty tedious. Take Promet, an anime-inspired bot built by Japan?s Kawada Industries. The company typically rents the robot out for construction jobs, and in general views it as nothing more than a ?humanoid robot R&D platform.? Fortunately, there are those who believe robots can aspire to the higher arts, and they?ve taken it upon themselves to give Promet a new calling. Katsushi Ikeuchi, a professor of engineering at Tokyo University, has programmed the robot to peform traditional Japanese dance. According to Ikeuchi, it?s a way to preserve Japan?s cultural heritage. We think that now that Promet?s discovered its inner dancer, it won?t be long before we encounter it on the dance floors of Tokyo grooving to the beat.
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  • Mr.Big
    Platinum Poster
    • Nov 2004
    • 1390

    #2
    when they goin get around to building the robots with guns and shit?
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    • palmer
      Retired or Simply Important
      • Jun 2004
      • 5383

      #3
      i <3 robots.
      todayistomorrow
      art direction | design | animation

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      • lmmadic
        Gold Gabber
        • Jun 2004
        • 746

        #4
        Originally posted by Mr.Big
        when they goin get around to building the robots with guns and shit?
        i already got that, so advanced i only need one hand to control it moehahahaha

























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        • Yao
          DUDERZ get a life!!!
          • Jun 2004
          • 8167

          #5
          Originally posted by Mr.Big
          when they goin get around to building the robots with guns and shit?
          Yeh, it's aboot time those apocalyptic predictions become reality...getting tired of waiting hereeee!!
          Blowkick visual & graphic design - No Civilization. Now With Broadband.

          There are but three true sports -- bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games. -Hemingway

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          • vibe
            Gold Gabber
            • Aug 2004
            • 702

            #6
            this japanese people are from another world indeed.. they do such things that no one does actually!

            CHEERS

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            • Balanc3
              Platinum Poster
              • Jun 2004
              • 1278

              #7
              Re: Japanese industrial robot learns to dance

              JourneyDeep .into the sound

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