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Partner Ballroom Dancing Robot

— October 8, 2006 — Unique
We published this article in Devember 2005, but the video of a dude dancing with a robot is worth the update.

A little disappointed that you don’t have a date for the prom?  Show everyone how cool you are by bringing your dancing robot.  Yes, it is from Japan.  After just 6 years, a team of lonely scientists finally created their prom date.

From their website

In this project, we have proposed a dance partner robot referred to as MS DanceR, which has been developed as a platform for realizing effective human-robot coordination with physical interaction. MS DanceR consists of an omni-directional mobile base to realize various dance steps in a ballroom dance and the force/torque sensor referred to as Body Force Sensor to realize compliant physical interaction between the MS DanceR and a human based on the force/moment applied to the human.

CNN’s Take on it:

Those with two left feet may soon be able to take ballroom dancing lessons from a partner with three wheels

The world’s first ballroom-dancing robot is set to take to the floor for its first public performance this week at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.

Developed by scientists at Tokhuro University, the Partner Ballroom Dance Robot (PBDR) is able to predict the steps of a human partner based on body movement and react accordingly on its three wheels. The 1.65 meter robot has a female face, wears a ballgown and comes in bright pink and pastel blue plastic. A male version is also being developed.
Trend Themes
1. Robot Partner Dancing - There are disruptive innovation opportunities in developing advanced robotics technology for partner dancing, allowing for effective human-robot coordination and physical interaction.
2. Human-robot Coordination - The trend of enhancing human-robot coordination in various fields, such as ballroom dancing, opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for creating robots that can predict and react to human movements.
3. Compliant Physical Interaction - Developing robots with force/torque sensors for compliant physical interaction with humans presents disruptive innovation opportunities for improving the overall human-robot interaction experience in activities like dancing.
Industry Implications
1. Robotics - In the field of robotics, there is a disruptive innovation opportunity to create advanced partner dancing robots that can effectively coordinate and interact with humans in various physical activities.
2. Entertainment - The entertainment industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by incorporating advanced robotics technology, such as partner dancing robots, to provide unique and engaging experiences for audiences.
3. Health and Rehabilitation - In the field of health and rehabilitation, developing robots with compliant physical interaction capabilities can lead to disruptive innovations in therapeutic applications and assistive technologies for patients and individuals with mobility limitations.
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