ballroom dancing robots

from baku today, Shall we dance? Robots offer a hand on the ballroom floor

The Partner Ballroom Dance Robot — or PBDR in robot talk — has a woman’s face, a sensor around its waist and can move in all directions on its three wheels hidden underneath an evening gown.

As its partner takes steps, the robot analyzes his movements and figures out how to accompany him with its shoulders, elbows, waist and neck.