Robots Go Head-to-Head in Int'l Dance Competition Metro UK
go to original August 1, 2012

A robot dancing competition in north-east China attracted competitors from all over the world.



Robotic pandas strut their stuff at the dancing competition (YouTube/itnnews)

The bizarre event saw teams from Russia, Mexico, South Korea and China go head to head, with their robot creations involved in dance offs against one another.

Categories included solo dance, pas de deux, group dance, ballet, a popular rural folk dance, known as yangge, street dance and folk dance.

The undoubted highlight of the event was a pair of panda-shaped robots.

He Rong, a student of Xihua University, who was part of the team that created them, said it took a lot of work to ensure they could move the 20 joints required for the routines.



Another set of robots take to the stage (YouTube/itnnews)

'We worked very hard on these giant panda robots. It took a lot of work to ensure even easy moves. For example, we spent three days to complete the giant panda costumes,' he explained.

A team from a Mexican University picked up the honours in the fiercely competitive solo dance category after a day-long competition.

The team from Harbin Engineering University in China was the most successful, picking up four prizes, while the remaining awards went to Shanghai Jiaotong University, St Petersburg National University and Fujin No.3 Middle School.

VIDEO: Watch the hip swinging robots in action



Twenty-nine teams from China, Mexico, Russia and South Korea take part in a robot dancing competition in China. Report by Lauren Hood. (itnnews)

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