Japanese Robot Dances To Polka
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 18 of January , 2010 at 4:13 am
If you were to take either the robot’s costume by itself, the dancing by itself, or the music by itself, things would be normal. It’s the combination that gets a little weird. This robot is called, you guessed it, Dancing Doll, and she uses 25 servos, a couple gyros, and an accelerometer to bust all those polka moves without falling over. She only stands 60 cm tall, but (in case you were wondering) according to the website her real name is Alice and she’s “15 years old forever.” Oh, you want another vid now? You got it:
[ Dancing Doll (Translated) ] VIA [ GetRobo ]
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Comment by teflon3d
Made Monday, 18 of January , 2010 at 7:08 am
Impressive. Too bad she’s not doing the”Polka”. That’d the tipping point as I seen it.
Comment by Joey1058
Made Tuesday, 19 of January , 2010 at 12:03 pm
The way hobby robotics are advancing just floors me with every new video I see! This is the way home robotics should be progressing. What we’ll wind up with is an army of two foot tall bots beating the tar out of ASIMO!
Comment by Lily
Made Saturday, 23 of January , 2010 at 2:43 am
The doll is about the size of a ball joint doll, which explain the face and the clothing (I’m fairly sure that is a dollfie head, you know, resin, big eyed, and creepy cool). I had once hoped to assemble a similar style thing, something that was proportionally and stylistically similar to a ball joint doll, but with the advanced movement mechanics of an animatronic dancer. Somebody beat me to it, I see!
