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You may not be able to build an HRP-4C fembot in your average garage, but the programming would practically take care of itself — not only does the AIST humanoid sing using off-the-shelf Yamaha Vocaloid software, its dance moves are click-and-drag, too. Roboticist Dr. Kazuhito Yokoi gave IEEE Spectrum an inside look at the HRP-4C’s motion trajectory software, which works much like 3D animation tools: you position the limbs where you want them to start and when you want them to end up using keyframes , and the software takes care of the rest. The system’s intelligent enough to generate a 6.7 second sequence from just eight keyframes, and it compensates for hazardous instructions, too — if your haphazard choreography would tip her over or send limbs flying, it’ll automatically adjust her moves. See how it works in a video after the break and hit up our source link for the full interview. Continue reading Choreographing a humanoid robot’s dance routine is as easy as click and pull Choreographing a humanoid robot’s dance routine is as easy as click and pull originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink