Dancing With Industrial Robot Arms Is Even Sadder Than Dancing With Yourself

As more and more manufacturing line are ship abroad , it ’s skillful to see that industrial robots are still finding work . Particularly when it pertains to their first love , interpretive dance , thanks tochoreographer Thomas Freundlich’slatest carrying into action man titled Human Interface .

Described as a “ contemporary terpsichore for human race and industrial golem ” the performance features a choreographed modus operandi between a couple of human race destitute to move across the stage , and a distich of ABB industrial robot branch go off to the floor . And while the human performing artist are free to advertizing - lib their function as they ’re emotionally inspired during a performance , the golem ’s movements are pre - program creating some kind of clever apposition between piece and auto . ( Insert whatever commentary you want to put on here . )

Human Interface is now running at the Zodiak Centre for New Dance in Helsinki . At least until its Godhead finds that the minimum earnings for interpretative dancer is a lot cheaper in China . [ Thomas FreundlichviaThe Verge ]