Robodance: Like Riverdance, Less Irish

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

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Robodance a system that lets you control WowWee robots over the Internet using your voice. At its core it is a piece of speech recognition software that can send messages via IR to the robot. Adding on a camera — this one attached using masking tape — allows potential Evil Masterminds to watch over their lair while at the dentist or church. It actually looks quite fun.

Click the jump for a close-up of how the whole thing works.
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