Three Motoman robots from Yaskawa perform coordinated moves with lightsabers at Tokyo's International Robot Exhibition last week.
(Motoman robots with light sabers)
I have the feeling that these Motoman robots are reenacting a scene from Star Wars. Take a look at General Grievous' moves in the following snippet from the movie.
(General Grievous versus Obi-Wan Kenobi)
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