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Disney Helping Robots Dance


(Disney Research helps robots dance)

They have achieved this by using a machine learning technique to break down short pieces of motion data and create a simpler version of the movements. Then, they use this simplified version to train a control system that can take movement instructions and produce realistic motions that work in the real world. The ability to train robots to perform a wide range of motions, including unseen and complex ones, could impact industries like manufacturing, healthcare, and service robotics. Robots could handle more dynamic tasks, adapt to new environments, and interact more naturally with humans.

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.


(Fritz Lang's Metropolis dancing robot)

In the modern era, the android Data learns to dance in Data's Day, from Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast in 1991..


(STNG Data dances video)

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