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HRP-2, the dancing robot, is reportedly so advanced the next thing you’ll hear it doing is a Michael Jackson, just like Filipino inmates!

Shin’ichiro Nakaoka and colleagues at the University of Tokyo have overcome difficulties with programming robots to carry out complex leg movements without their losing stability.

They used software allowing their robot HRP-2 to copy the moves of a human dance teacher through video motion capture technology.

HRP-2 then watched dance instructor Hisako Yamada performing a Japanese folk routine called Aizu-Bandaisan, before accurately reproducing her performance just minutes later.

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