So You Think Your Robot Can Dance

Before the Robots entirely take over our planet and turn us into organic batteries to power their intergalactic domination, they will first win all of our reality dance competition shows.



Here is a link to the full article on the Robot Dance Competition held in Japan.

On a related note, the development of "ROS," or Robot Operating System, is in full effect. It is the MSDOS of the emerging robot world. Basically, it is the standardization of computer language that can be used to develop robot functions. As WIRED magazine put it, it allows programmers to swap apps between the Mars Rover and your Roomba. Just what I need, my Roomba sending photos of me playing video games in my boxers to NASA.

"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. " - HAL, 2001: A Space Odyssey