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Best Robot Dance Video Of 2020
Remarkable video shows the state of the art in robotic movement:
Imagine @BostonDynamics & advanced #AI #MachineLearning@SpirosMargaris @Xbond49 @jblefevre60 @pierrepinna @AghiathChbib @Paula_Piccard @JimMarous @nigewillson @TheRudinGroup @psb_dc @sallyeaves @HaroldSinnott @ShiCooks @TrippBraden @BetaMoroney @lyakovetpic.twitter.com/ijy2vhsd6n
— AI (@DeepLearn007) December 30, 2020
To see how far we've come in just one short decade, compare it to this video from 2011 of the Robot Japan amateur robotic dance contest:
(Dancing robots)
The competition was held in an auditorium attached to the 350 year-old Tsukiji Hongan-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo.
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.
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