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   Bacterial communication inspires MIT researches to make robots dance in sequence to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (video)

29 May 2012 11:59 AM   |   2607 clicks   |   The Week
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ginandbacon    [TotalFark]  
Whoa.

29 May 2012 11:31 AM
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Dinobot     
Call me when they make dancing toasters

www.i-mockery.com

29 May 2012 11:35 AM
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WTF Indeed     
I, for one, welcome our new Smooth Criminal robot overlords.

29 May 2012 12:09 PM
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manimal2878     
Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

29 May 2012 12:12 PM
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RogueVortex     
manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

Tell us how you really feel.

29 May 2012 12:13 PM
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Grither     
Wow, that was pretty awesome. I didn't even know they made robots that could get up like that from a sitting position, let alone get up and then join in along with the dancing! I want my own group of these guys following me around all day just dancing to MJ songs.

29 May 2012 12:17 PM
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Grither     
Mostly so I could wave at them, have them wave back to me, then kick them over, just to watch them get up and start dancing.

29 May 2012 12:19 PM
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manimal2878     
Grither: Mostly so I could wave at them, have them wave back to me, then kick them over, just to watch them get up and start dancing.

Eventually they will turn on you.

29 May 2012 12:19 PM
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The Stealth Hippopotamus    [TotalFark]  
that headline made my head hurt

29 May 2012 12:33 PM
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DeaH     
Grither: Wow, that was pretty awesome. I didn't even know they made robots that could get up like that from a sitting position, let alone get up and then join in along with the dancing! I want my own group of these guys following me around all day just dancing to MJ songs.

And, not just join in on the dancing, but "sense" at which point the dance had progressed to, and pick it up at the exact correct point. This has a lot of potential beyond troops of dancing robots, but it usually takes something fun for the researcher to spur this kind of development.

(And, if you think drones are scary, imagine the military potential of this.)

29 May 2012 01:34 PM
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AntonChigger     
manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

0/10

29 May 2012 02:19 PM
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TheShavingofOccam123     

29 May 2012 03:36 PM
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grinding_journalist    [TotalFark]  
Dinobot: Call me when they make dancing toasters

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Great. Now I have "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" stuck in my head.

/that's a big twinkie

29 May 2012 04:04 PM
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edgesrealm     
Now if we can only get it to moonwalk, and make it bigger, and give it a latex appearance, and a voice...

And then if we can do it twice for for Pac and Biggie...

Ah, a Brave New World indeed.

29 May 2012 04:15 PM
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Encryptshun     
Hmmm. I thought I'd seen this before, only with them dancing to "Single Ladies".

29 May 2012 04:38 PM
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ChubbyTiger     
DeaH: Grither: Wow, that was pretty awesome. I didn't even know they made robots that could get up like that from a sitting position, let alone get up and then join in along with the dancing! I want my own group of these guys following me around all day just dancing to MJ songs.

And, not just join in on the dancing, but "sense" at which point the dance had progressed to, and pick it up at the exact correct point. This has a lot of potential beyond troops of dancing robots, but it usually takes something fun for the researcher to spur this kind of development.

(And, if you think drones are scary, imagine the military potential of this.)


This. Can you imagine an Islamist's head explode when Billy Jean kicks off and a heavily armed robot grabs it's crotch? No army could possibly stand against that.

29 May 2012 05:48 PM
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davidphogan     
Damn video won't play on my phone.

29 May 2012 07:27 PM
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fark_the_herald_angel_sings     
Begin the borg collective has

29 May 2012 10:13 PM
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Hawnkee     
manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

images4.wikia.nocookie.net

29 May 2012 10:16 PM
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TheOriginalEd     
TheShavingofOccam123: It's no Lou Bega.

Its been years since I saw this. Bless you.

30 May 2012 12:23 AM
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manimal2878     
AntonChigger: manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

0/10


Isn't the definition of trolling that you don't actually believe what you claim and only say it to annoy others? I'm not trolling.

30 May 2012 12:23 AM
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Bacon Bits     
manimal2878: AntonChigger: manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

0/10

Isn't the definition of trolling that you don't actually believe what you claim and only say it to annoy others? I'm not trolling.


Well, if you insist then you're an idiot or were born in the 90s. But I repeat myself.

30 May 2012 02:40 AM
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abhorrent1     
Just make sure they're not set to "Evil".

30 May 2012 07:57 AM
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manimal2878     
Bacon Bits: manimal2878: AntonChigger: manimal2878: Thriller is a shiatty song and a shiatty dance. Michael Jackson's music is dated trash and to boot he is a child molester.

0/10

Isn't the definition of trolling that you don't actually believe what you claim and only say it to annoy others? I'm not trolling.

Well, if you insist then you're an idiot or were born in the 90s. But I repeat myself.


Whatever. I just don't like him.

/Born in the 70s.

30 May 2012 05:09 PM
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