The World's Invention Extravaganza
Evolving Humanoid Robots
(June 4, 2005)
Mobile Smart Dance Robot-PBDR Dancer (Partner Ballroom Dance Robot)- A robot dance partner, `PBDR Dancer, dances with the lead of a man in Chino, central Japan, June 4, 2005. PBDR Dance was manufactured by Nomura Unison Co Ltd and Tohoku University.a dance partner robot referred to as PBDR Dance, which has been developed as a platform for realizing effective human-robot coordination with physical interaction. PBDR Dance consists of an omni-directional mobile base to realize various dance steps in a ballroom dance and the force/torque sensor referred to as Body Force Sensor to realize compliant physical interaction between the PBDR Dance and a human based on the force/moment applied to the human. photo by fujifotos (Photo by Fujifotos/AFLO) [3618]