Japanese Robot Dances to IPod Music

Iria · May 31, 2007, 06:47 PM

Source: Breitbart.com
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A Japanese robot twists and rolls to music from an iPod in an intricate dance based on complex mathematics, a technology developers say will enable robots to move about spontaneously instead of following preprogrammed motions.

Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc.'s 14-inch long Miuro robot—which looks like a white ball wedged between two halves of an egg—wheels about in time with music from the iPod player that locks into the machine.

May 31, 2007, 06:47 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Japanese Robot Dances to IPod Music Source: Breitbart.com _______ A Japanese robot twists and rolls to music from an iPod in an intricate dance based on complex mathematics, a technology developers say will enable robots to move about spontaneously instead of following preprogrammed motions. Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc.'s 14-inch long Miuro robot—which looks like a white ball wedged between two halves of an egg—wheels about in time with music from the iPod player that locks into the machine.