By 
Huang Yi & KUKA
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TED Stage Talk

A human-robot dance duet

Harmoniously weaving together the art of dance and the science of mechanical engineering, Huang Yi performs a man-machine dance duet with KUKA -- a robot he conceptualized and programmed -- set to stirring cello by Joshua Roman.

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