Comments on: Hexapod Dance-Off 2010 http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/ Jonesing For Robot News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: computer repairs sydney http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-12726 computer repairs sydney Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:51:30 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/?p=4842#comment-12726 I need to verify with you here, which is not something I normally do! I get pleasure from studying a blog that may make folks think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment! I need to verify with you here, which is not something I normally do! I get pleasure from studying a blog that may make folks think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

]]> By: Peugeot 306 http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7580 Peugeot 306 Wed, 12 May 2010 14:20:19 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/?p=4842#comment-7580 Forget "Robot Wars" I think the BBC should definitely consider a new television series "So you think your robot can dance?". Great vids! Forget “Robot Wars” I think the BBC should definitely consider a new television series “So you think your robot can dance?”. Great vids!

]]> By: anon http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7503 anon Thu, 06 May 2010 10:09:39 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/?p=4842#comment-7503 I'm pretty sure that's a competition held as part of a course in school, so the fascination may in fact be more with getting a good grade than with dancing robots themselves. I’m pretty sure that’s a competition held as part of a course in school, so the fascination may in fact be more with getting a good grade than with dancing robots themselves.

]]> By: Jo http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7502 Jo Thu, 06 May 2010 06:01:42 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/?p=4842#comment-7502 Love it! Love it!

]]> By: XV-745 http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/05/hexapod-dance-off-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 XV-745 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:44:35 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/?p=4842#comment-7501 My vote's gotta be for the turtle-bot... head-bobbing adds a lot to the dancing, I think. I still don't think I quite understand the fascination with robot dancing, though. Is it simply a way to show off the locomotive capabilities of the bots? Or is it something more sinister, like a lust for power (imagine a cowboy shooting at the feet of a rival, yelling "Dance boy, dance!")? My vote’s gotta be for the turtle-bot… head-bobbing adds a lot to the dancing, I think.

I still don’t think I quite understand the fascination with robot dancing, though. Is it simply a way to show off the locomotive capabilities of the bots? Or is it something more sinister, like a lust for power (imagine a cowboy shooting at the feet of a rival, yelling “Dance boy, dance!”)?

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