CMU School of Drama


Saturday, December 29, 2007

Robot's dancing speaks louder than words

Post Gazette: "Keepon is just a simple robot, with a yellow snowman shape, round eyes and button nose -- but no mouth.

The little guy is mute, but oddly, this speechless 'bot' is one great communicator.

That's the point Marek Michalowski, a 27-year-old doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, is proving with two YouTube videos featuring Keepon's uncanny ability to dance."

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