It turns out you can teach a robot how to do the moonwalk and the Macarena. With a backdrop of pop music and Python code, Litchfield Middle School eighth graders set the wheels — and mechanical arms — in motion for a robot dance recital last week in a ...

CENTER STAGE. KATIE KWAN HAS ALWAYS LOVED DANCE AND MATH, AND I FELT LIKE I LIVED IN THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND THE DANCE, THEATER AND ART WORLD AND THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD. EVENTUALLY SHE BROUGHT THE TWO TOGETHER AND FOUND HERSELF AS A PIONEER IN ...

The interdisciplinary field of robotic dance and choreography sits at the nexus of robotics, artificial intelligence and performing arts. Advances in this area have facilitated the development of systems capable of recognising, evaluating and autonomously ...