Science fiction movie makers have seen robots dancing for a long time. In his 1927 film Metropolis, Fritz Lang gives a robot the personality and likeness of a young dancer; the resulting robot dances for the upper caste men of the city.
In the modern era, the android Data learns to dance in Data's Day, from Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast in 1991..
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Pole-Dancing Stripperbot Robot
'Why, a clockwork dancer, or, better still, one that would go by electricity and never run down...' - Jerome K. Jerome, 1893.
DIY Robotic Content Farming
'The chief wheeled to the master machine and pressed a button.' - Schachner and Zagat, 1931.
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