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Cheek to Chip: Dancing Robots and AI’s Future


By Jean-Julien Aucouturier
From the March/April 2008 issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems



Google Image It probably started as a funny one-minute demo in the entertainment industry, but more and more AI researchers are trying to make robots dance to music. And as the ideas and technologies develop, it’s clear that dancing robots can be serious indeed. In this installment of Trends & Controversies, you’ll see how they address issues that are central to modern AI—and how they do so in original ways.
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