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ARX-5 Doing Robot Arm Dancing

Unusual robotic dancing - just arms.

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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