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Always wanted to see robots dance to punk music? Well, even if that thought has never crossed your mind, you could get the chance to see the concept in action anyway.

According to this article, artist Fiddian Warman created 6 foot tall robots to listen to – and actually LIKE – punk music; oh, and there’s dancing too.

In an effort to create a robotic version of his younger self, Warman created the robots to be controlled by a neural network. This means the robots can actually learn, so Warman has apparently been playing classic punk music to the robots in an attempt to turn them into pogo-ing (yes, they can pogo too), punk loving robots.

Sound weird? Yeah, it is – but if you happen to be in London from July 3rd to 5th, you may consider hopping by The Institute of Contemporary Arts to catch the show.

What do you think? Weird? Awesome? Speechless? Whatever the case may be, I want to hear your thoughts about these punk robots.

Denise

(Photo Credit: Michal Zacharzewski)

(FYI, the photo is NOT a picture of the actual robots created)

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