Caption contest: ballroom dancebots
We're very sure the exhibitors of the Prototype Robot Exhibition at Japan's Aichi World Expo are all very proud of
their creations—including the "partner ballroom dance
robots" (PBDRs)—but we couldn't well pass up a caption contest, now could we?
Ryan: "First place in bow-legged robo-ballerinas goes to… Nomura Unison Corp.!"
Peter: "Well, it seemed like it'd be weird to have the two robots dance with each other…"
Barb: Bots, to human: "Dude, you're like, totally stiff. Loosen up, guy!"
[Thanks, Paul]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
n8 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Finally, a partner for my two left feet - one with no feet at all!
jesse @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
field sobriety test.
David Huynh @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
" Told you she has two left wheels.."
Dennis - Help me fight for my son @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Dancing with ghosts is the new fad in Japan... where are their legs?
fabienne @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"we at the corporation took the very best of your lady dance partner for our robot designs: a well endowed chest and mickey mouse ears."
Dennis - Help me fight for my son @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Remember the movie, Maniquin? Here's part 2.
john @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
now that's the GOOD kind of threesome...
Edge @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
The twin girls never knew their real parents, but speculation has been rife as to whether they are in fact the illegitimate progeny of a brief sexual encounter between Snow White, Mickey Mouse and C3-P0.
Joe yO @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"Get your girlfreind bronzed...Now two for the price of 1"
"Color is extra"
MacBoy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
011011010110000101111001001000000110100100
10000001101000011000010111011001100101001000000
1110100011010000110100101110011001000000110010001
10000101101110011000110110010100111111
(May I Have this dance?)
d-roC @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Cinderella continued:
Being that she was so tired from giving Cinderella a good ride to the ball, the fariy godmother set herself to Cinderella's sisters. Unfortunately, there was only enough magic left for a color change.
SideSwipe @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"You take the blue dancer and the dance ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red dancer and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
Leo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"Look mom I'm dancing with girls! Two of them! Tell cousin Charlotte I have a date for the next prom!"
heh..hope I win
Matt Selnekovic @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
If only this technology existed for my senior prom...
Griffon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Here is to dancing with bow legged women *hic*
kolzen @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Mmmmmm.... Easy access...
muddyh2o @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
That's Dot Matrix and her twin sister. Does anyone remember Dot and her "Virgin Alarm" ("Designed to go off before you do.")
Shawn Prince @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"Oh yea, I am sooo getting laid tonight."
Steven Schrab @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Vagina-bots revealed by their evil master, the young Willy Wonka!
emehrkay @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
lord of the nerds
Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Why look...it appears I've turned them into robots again
OddManOut @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Yosh Taketa feels confident he will win the 2005 all gender dance competition, as he is aparently the only competitor with legs.
Homey @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Finally, cozies for the world's largest rolls of toilet paper.
birostick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"How do they dance better than me with no legs?"
voodootikigod @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"... And 20,000 buck to complete my robot.. my girl robot."
Sandra T.
Identity Theft Victim
(Citibank Commerical)
Ditto @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
This dork is starting to get on my nerves.
Bazuka Joe @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Sure, I can deal with my robot-dance partner not having any legs, but the missing crotch severely compromises my changes of getting laid during the ballroom afterparty.
PG @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"made in japan"
Bazuka Joe @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
I can't spell; changes=chances:
"Sure, I can deal with my robot-dance partner not having any legs, but the missing crotch severely compromises my chances of getting laid during the ballroom afterparty."
Chu Chu @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Now my lovelies...
You must go into the world and fulfill your destiny! Your master commands you!
Go now, and don't stop until you have feasted on a thousand man souls! Those fools will rue the day they took my lunch moneys!
AHAH
AHAHAH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Has anyone seen my inhaler?
chouchow9 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Another step towards Stepford Wives.
Andrew Nguyen @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"Oh they're real...and they're spectacular..."
slammiam @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
m-i-c-k-e-y m-o-u-s-e !!!
activ8 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Annette Funicello cyberneticly immortalized in two of the seasons most fashionable colors!
patrick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"...aaand you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey and you turn yourself around..."
tenaciousC @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Red Vs Blue. The Dancing Chronicals
AL @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Young Dr.Evil and early FemBot prototypes.
John Cory @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
And, you can hide small children under here Mr Jackson.
Koblinsky @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
RedDancer to BlueDancer: "This guy is lame, lets dance somewhere else"
Koblinsky @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
RedDancer to BlueDancer: "This guy is lame, lets dance somewhere else"
Phantom Bantam @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Can you say "lonely"?
Permanent4 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Can these robots teach Johnny Five how to dance in less than 60 days? Find out this summer on ABC's "Dancing with the Starbots!"
drtolson @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
Cool move, girl! Who's the weirdo in the suit tryin' to cut in?
Pete Kottmann @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
I dont want to appear to be a "Shallow Person", but BOTH women are with me, so don't ask to cut in!
Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"The dance bots are avaiable in red, blue, and flaming"
Brucee10 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
This tux and those robo broads make this the worst summer internship ever.
Troy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
After the dance, they transform and combine to form a giant clam, and I'm the pearl inside!
Matt DeWall @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"I bring a gift: these two droids."
Matt DeWall @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
"I bring a gift: these two droids."
leojsoap @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM
What the poor guy doesn't know, those aren't female robots, they both are well endowed with internal hard drives.
guess he'll find out after the plastic casing comes off tonight.