Kids: Doin' the robot
Keepon, at rest.
Credit: Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
This is Keepon the robot.
He may not be much to look at – just two rubber yellow balls – but Keepon’s got moves. And his dance moves have rocketed him to robot stardom.
Keepon has been the focus of a music video and he’s performed live in concert. But his day job is in a Japanese laboratory, helping scientists to understand how children learn to socialize.
Keepon is a very simple robot, but he can make eye contact, and – check it out for yourself – he’s a very good dancer.
Scientists say that there’s a visual rhythm to human interactions, between our speech and movement. It’s a lot like a dance.
The scientists program Keepon to synchronize with music or a child’s movements. Then they’ll change his behavior and try to understand why the interaction was different. So, they’re studying how people begin to socialize, and also they’re developing more advanced and human-like robots.
Keepon dancing to Spoon’s “I Turn My Camera On”
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ok well this video is Addictive for Chris Carter lol he cant get it out of his head