How to do robot dance moves

How to do the robot

Learn how to dance like a robot in this video tutorial! Robot dancing is really all about dime stops from popping dance style. In this video you will learn how to dance the robot easily with foundational popping concepts.

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If we go to one of the purest forms and definitions of popping, it is actually to act or imitate as a robot. Robotics is all about dime stops. So dime stops is another huge fundamental dance style of popping. And it is the ability to freeze at a point in time.

Now technically speaking, you don’t even really have to hit to do dime stops. It’s more of just about the freeze. You definitely see a lot of poppers do a miniature hip when they dime stop.

Dime stop is definitely used a lot in robotics and I think it’s a great tool to use to develop patience when you dance. Starting out, it’s really easy to get caught in, “I got to do this. I got to go over here and do that.” But dime stops force you to freeze. So practicing dime stops can develop patience which is an awesome thing to have starting out.

So dime stops are I think a really easy move you can do on the first try. It’s just about freezing. So I’m going to give you a pattern to follow. Start with the left and the right arm to match it. And I’m just going to pick four corners. So I’m going to go left, down, down right, right. Pop.

Now, I want to add a little bit more. I’m going to start using my heels to turn. Heels. Head.

Robotics is actually I think one of my favorite dance styles. I found myself roboting throughout the whole day. Roboting is definitely something that you can take your natural day-to-day movements and turn that into robotic style kind of dime stops.

So for example, let’s say I’m at dinner table. That’s the way I’m going to sit down. I put my arms out, set my plate right here, instead of just reaching out to get my fork and grab, I can go. So really, it’s just about using a regular way of doing things and thinking like a robot and using dime stops to kind of beat your communication for interpreting that as a dance.

I want you to think of a natural thing you do every day whether it’s brushing teeth or [0:02:26] [Indiscernible] and interpret that right now as a robot. If you were a robot, how would blank? OK? Fill that spot in. And we’ll catch you guys again.

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How To Robot Dance - Easy Robot Dance Moves

You do not have to be a trained classical dancer to learn the robot dance. The robot dance has two versions - the Michael Jackson one and the “everybody” robot dance. While you may take time to perfect the legendary Michael Jackson moves, you can try your legs and arms at the “everybody” robot dance, for sure. Moreover, with dedicated practice, you can master them in no time. The robot dance, also known as mannequin dance style, demands imitating the dancing motions of robots to come up with a crooked yet cool dance form. With a little patience and constant practice, you can melt hearts on the dance floor and have a good time. So what are you waiting for? Put on some dance music, like “Mr. Roboto” by Styx or “Kyur for Itch” by Linkin Park, and set the stage on fire. Learn some easy robot dance moves by steering through the instructions stated below. Watch all the heads turn as you display some of your coolest robotic dance moves amongst the crowd.

Easy Robot Dance Moves

Set Your Back Taut

Remember, robots have their vertebrae missing and the whole idea behind doing a robot dance is to imitate robotic movements. Thus, the accuracy of your movements will judge how successfully and efficiently have you done your robot dance. Therefore, keeping your back firm and stiff is the backbone of any robot dance move.

Bend Your Arms

Bend both your arms at the elbow forming a 90 degree angle. Maintaining the position, raise one arm at a time, such that the open palm reaches your eye level. The move is one of the signature steps in a robot dance and should resemble a chopping motion. Alternately, raise your arms throughout the dance while maintaining a slow pace.

Pivot Your Head

While raising your arms alternately at a slow pace, swivel your head from right to left, repeating the motion at regular intervals. Make sure that your neck and head are upright and taut to your best possibility. Combined with your arms, this completes the upper-body portion of the robot dance.

Walk Around

Though it is fine to keep your robot dance stationary, advanced robot dancers prefer to use their legs and move around displaying their skills and talent. To mete such potential robot companions, you can start walking around while performing the upper-body movements. However, maintain your pace in your walking as slow as in your arms and head. As your raise one arm, take a step, keeping your legs bent at the knees in 45 degree angle.

Bend At The Waist

After you have mastered the above steps, reveal your perfection and talent by continuing with this move. Keeping your back taut and stiff, perform all the steps combined together and bend at your waist in a 45 degree angle occasionally. While maintaining the bent position, you can let lose your arm swinging it back and forth like a pendulum. To show your flair and style, end your robot dance with a robotic bow.

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Robot is one of the styles of modern street dance. The robot style was the basis of the popping dance style. The direction of the robot had a strong influence on the development of other directions, such as dubstep dance , electric boogie . Even in the hip-hop style, techniques taken from the robot style are used. Therefore, learning a robot will make your dance more expressive and stunning.

1. About the robot dance. Basic Robot Dance Technique (Video Training Course on Robot)

First of all, pay attention to fixing the dime stop and how to do isolations correctly. It is these things that give a feeling of mechanicalness and iron, creating the image of a terminator or a moving combine according to your desire))) Also, do not rush and do not try to keep up with the music, because your robot is not late for the train!

Another little secret that will allow you to blow the mind of any viewer. Try not just to move like a robot, but try to become a robot at the moment of the dance! Then all your movements will be transformed and become true!

There is a robot dance school in Moscow in Moscow. If you want to quickly master this direction under the strict guidance of experienced trainers - come, we will help :)

2. Sequences in robot dance. Training for beginners

As such, there is no basic technique in this style, but it is replaced by the principles of dance performance. One of the most important principles is the principle of sequence of movements. That is, one next movement does not begin until the previous one ends. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, as to any rule, but at first it helps a lot to avoid mess and confusion when performing a dance. Here, in general, the main thing you need to know for the successful development of this spectacular style!

3. Robot-style arm movements: online robot dance lesson

Many beginners often have a question: what can be done in a robot? What movements can be used in robot dance? 80% of robotic movements are done with the hands. So, you must know and be able to do it. In this lesson, the different options for how the hands should move will be analyzed in detail. Even using only them, you can create very cool numbers and introduce the viewer into a complete trance.

4. Body movements. Robot dance tutorial

How to do inclinations correctly? Is it possible to use turns, and what is necessary for your body to become the body of a real "iron" robot. We will analyze the basic movements of the body during the dance, as well as you will learn about the principle of "fragmentation" and learn how to apply it.

5. Movement or gait of the robot. Online video lesson on the robot.

In this video tutorial you can learn how to walk like a robot. I will show several options for walking, which will make the image of a robot in your dance more solid and "iron". There are simple movements that are suitable for beginners, and a little more difficult. In any case, I'm sure that with just a little time, you can learn how to dance the robot! What's more, it's worth it!

6. Microcontrol and isolation. Robot dance training.

Want to learn how to dance the robot really cool? So that when people see your dance, they stand with their mouths open? Then it's time to "tune" the technique and work on an important detail, such as "micro control". You will learn one concept that will help you stand out from other people and dancers.

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Project for Robotics "Dancing Robot"

Head:

Stepanenko Olga Vladimirovna, meachi Svetlana Aleksandrovna

Institution:

MBOU BGO "Borisoglebsk gymnasium No. 1" Borisoglebsk

in this creative project for Robotics on the topic "Dancing robot" a 4th grade student of the school presents a model of a robot dancing a Russian folk dance to the stylized music "Kalinka-Malinka".

The robotics project "Dancing Robot" created by the student is aimed at realizing the set goal - developing a model of a dancing robot capable of dancing the Russian folk dance " Kalinka "

The LEGO Mindstorms robotics kit was used to build the dancing robot. The dancing robot models the traditional Russian folk dance techniques - round dance: movements in a circle, forward, backward, with a spread of arms in different directions and waving handkerchiefs.

The research work on robotics proposed by the author on the topic "Dancing Robot" will be of interest to students of grades 3, 4 and 5 of the school who are fond of robotics and lego design, will help to identify their interest in robotics, programming and design.

Introduction
1. History of Russian folk dance " Kalinka "
2. Model of a dancing robot

Construction of the robot
Dancing robot costume
Dancing Robot Program

Conclusion

References and Internet sources.

Introduction

There are many dances in the world. All of them are different, they all have specific features: they differ in style, dramatic content, musical content, etc. They are all beautiful and different.

Russian folk dance - Russian folk dance art, presented in the form of folk amateur or staged stage dance. The male dance is characterized by boldness, breadth of soul, humor; female dance is distinguished by smoothness, majesty, light coquetry.

Russian dances are an integral part of the Russian national culture. It is known that " Kalinka " (from the name of the plant viburnum ; also known as Kalinka-Malinka) is a Russian song written by Ivan Petrovich Larionov in a folk style. Sometimes erroneously regarded as a folk song. See also " Kalinka is a folk dance performed to the melody of this song.

There is a ballroom dance " Kalinka " based on folk movements. Sometimes " Kalinka " becomes synonymous with improvisational Russian dance in general. The musical size is 2/4, the tempo is variable, where traditional techniques of squat dance, round dance and other elements are used. The movements consist of stately movements in a circle with a spread of arms in different directions.

Can I make a dancing robot with Lego Mindstorms?

The above confirms the relevance of the chosen theme of the creative project: " Dancing Robot ".

Purpose of work: development of a model of a dancing robot capable of dancing the Russian folk dance " Kalinka ".

In accordance with the goal, the following tasks were formulated :

Explore Lego Mindstorms to create a dancing robot;
learn how to use NXT 2. 0 Motion Blocks;
build a dancing robot model from Lego Mindstorms;
design and sew a Russian folk costume for a dancing robot;
conduct experiments and refine the model in accordance with the identified design problems;
to process the results of the study, draw conclusions and prepare presentation material.

To solve the tasks set, a set of methods was used : study and analysis of literature on the research problem, including from the Internet, collection of information material, its analysis; designing a model of a dancing robot; generalization, comparison, experiment; formulation of conclusions based on the results of the study.

History of Russian folk dance "Kalinka"

" Kalinka " is a folk dance performed to the tune of the Russian song0081 Kalinka ", which has long been considered a Russian folk song. In fact, the text of the song and the music were written in 1860 by the composer, writer and folklorist Ivan Petrovich Larionov, and the song was first performed on the amateur stage in Saratov in a play, the music for which he wrote.

And soon Larionov, at the request of the famous singer and creator of the Agrenev-Slavyansky folk song choir, with whom he was on friendly terms, gave this song to his repertoire. Popularity began with the Slavic Choir " Kalinki ".

The work gained worldwide fame in the arrangement of the composer and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR Professor Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883-1946) due to the repeated brilliant performance of the song abroad by the Alexander Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble.

There is a ballroom dance " Kalinka " based on folk movements. Sometimes " Kalinka " becomes synonymous with improvisational Russian dance in general. The musical size is 2/4, the tempo is variable, where traditional techniques of squat dance, round dance and other elements are used.

The movements consist of stately movements in a circle with the spread of the arms in different directions. A lot of time has passed, but today the song is so popular that many, without a doubt, consider it folk.

Dance " Kalinka " refers to ballroom dancing and is based on the most popular dance movements of the Russian school of folk dance. A feature of the Russian dance " Kalinka " is that it is performed simultaneously at a slow and fast pace in pairs. As in any Russian dance, improvisation is widely used in it.

The main movements used by choreographers in staging are:

Smooth passages in a circle, reminiscent of a round dance;
Emphasizing the breadth of movements with arm swings;
Squats of various kinds;
Stomping feet and clapping hands to the beat of the music.

The fervent Russian dance " Kalinka " is included in the repertoire of almost all dance groups. It looks especially attractive in the performance of children. A mischievous and cheerful song, framed in beautiful energetic and at the same time graceful dance movements, always cheers up and charges with positive. With the help of a dance set to the song of the same name, one can easily demonstrate prowess and cheerfulness.

Russian folk dances today are of interest in many countries of the world. An attractive feature of them is the reflection of the reality and character of the people with the help of dance movements. In Russian folk dances, all movements are distinguished by a special clarity of performance. They always play a huge number of different figures, smoothly flowing into each other. Thanks to this, Russian folk dances always look like a single whole.

It is safe to say that the Russian folk dance " Kalinka "is known all over the world. It has long been a hallmark of Russia. Each movement in it is thought out by choreographers and reflects the perky character of a Russian person. According to its genre, it can be attributed to Russian dances. And they, as you know, with all their cheerfulness, are always filled with deep meaning.

Creation of a dancing robot

I really like the Russian folk dance " Kalinka ", I love to design and I wanted to create a robot dancing this dance.

Thus, in the process of long-term experimentation, the model of the dancing robot was designed by me completely independently, i.e. I didn't use ready-made instructions. I also tried to make the robot look like a girl in a Russian folk costume.

Dancing robot model

Robot design

Chassis.

The robot's undercarriage consists of two servomotors connected to ports B and C. For greater stability, the robot is equipped with gears in front and behind:

Chassis of the dancing robot

The frame is a rectangle with a microcomputer center, on the side of which there is a third servo connected to port A. On the left side there is another servo, which is synchronized with the servo connected to port A. A. Connected to both servos is a worm gear mechanism with a knob/cross gear to rotate two arms. The touch sensor is located on the right hand. An ultrasound transducer is used as the head.

Dancing robot costume

I sewed a Russian folk costume for the robot: a yellow sundress, a red apron, two red scarves, a red kokoshnik, which I embroidered with sequins.