
Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people’s movements – An AI trained on motion capture recordings can help robots smoothly imitate human actions, such as dancing, walking and throwing punches
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2464178-humanoid-robot-learns-to-waltz-by-mirroring-peoples-movements/

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From the article
>Peng and his team first created a database of actions that a humanoid robot might be capable of performing, from simple movements like standing or walking to more complex manoeuvres, such as tricky dance moves. The database included motion capture recordings of hundreds of human volunteers collected in previous research projects.
>learns to waltz by mirroring people’s movements
If only it were that easy (for me).
Dishes, laundry, floors… then dance!
There’s a lot of free porn on the internet to train, just sayin…