Blog 4 Machines

 This is the machine I have chosen to do research on, the animatronic figure, which was created by Jordan Wolfson and Spectral Motion, can currently be found wowing (and creeping out) visitors at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York.
A video showed the creation moving like a real life dancer to the amazement of people at the exhibit.
The robot, which was dressed in a racy outfit, also used facial recognition technology to follow people around.

It begins with the robot just standing in the center of a mirror moving its arms and fingers, then the music starts, the robot starts to move its mechanical arms and legs to the beat of the music (Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell) but a more slower version. As for the head, it is made to watch people as it dances by using facial recognition, making it more creepier or life like. The camera seems to be a kind of F.P.V. (First Person View) or the point of view of one of the audience in the crowd of people watching. The robot starts moving more enthusiastically to the song as it goes a bit faster, the robot starts moving its hips and head then the music stops and the robot stops as well. The crowd goes silent and the music starts again but a different song plays, the robot starts talking or just lip syncing what the recording of the boy is saying.
The clip is 2:12 minutes long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neS5OzDzZKg