She's a Lean, Mean, Dancing Machine

Dancing is an art, but dancing with a robot? Hey, if car racing is a sport, robotic dancing can be an art. Link. Excerpt:

The world's first ballroom-dancing robot is set to take to the floor for its first public performance this week at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.
Developed by scientists at Tokhuro University, the Partner Ballroom Dance Robot (PBDR) is able to predict the steps of a human partner based on body movement and react accordingly on its three wheels.

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