Dancing Georgia Tech robots and Kennesaw State dancers meet in new performance

The FOREST project will be displayed in concert on Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the John and Joyce Caddel Building at 280 Ferst Drive on the Georgia Tech campus. It’s a free, unticketed event that will be viewed from outside the Caddel Building through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. 

Photo by Gioconda Barral-Secchi

The idea of “dancing robots” may conjure an image of ungainly things lumbering around, but a new collaboration between Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State has elegant robots moving in concert with human dancers.

The dance, called FOREST, is on video, and a different performance involving the robot dancers will be performed live this Saturday at Georgia Tech.

The idea of the project is to build trust between humans and the machines, said Gil Weinberg, director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology.