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((Short description|Illusionary street dance style that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin))
((more citations needed|date=September 2015))
((Popping (dance)))
The '''robot''', also called '''mannequin''' or '''dancing machine''', is a [[street dance]] style—often confused with [[popping]]—that suggests the stilted movements of a dancing [[robot]] or [[mannequin]]. Roboting gained fame in the 1970s after [[Michael Jackson]] used the dance when he performed "[[Dancing Machine]]" with his brothers.<ref name="pop2">Mansour, David. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&pg=PA403 From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century], p. 403 (2005) ("The Robot was a mimelike dance, popularized by The Jackson 5 and their Top Ten hit "Dancing Machine" (1974)")</ref>

== Description ==
The robot became popular in the 1960s, but goes back to the 1920s, when it was used theatrically in miming. It is a dance in which the dancer moves their limbs in a way that imitates the movements of a robot. Movements of the robot are ''normally'' started and finished with a dimestop (a very abrupt stop), to give the impression of motors starting and stopping, but poppers have also been known to do the robot with a [[popping (dance)|pop]] to the beat. As long as the illusion of being a robot is maintained, it is considered the robot.((Citation needed|date=May 2014))

Robot dancing is often considered a subsection of popping because poppers often include the robot in their routines, sometimes adding pops to the beat while maintaining the illusion of a robot. However, the robot also exists as its own dance and is sometimes considered a performance rather than a dance when the performer is imitating a robot without any music. When done without music, it is considered to be [[mime]], instead of dance. Street theater often featured mimes who did a mechanical man or puppet style illusion, without music. In the late 1960s, the style was used while social dancing to funk or soul music. While not the first to imitate a robot as a mime, Charles "Robot" Washington<ref name="wash1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=4cE6GY2SDgwC&pg=PA17 Hip-Hop and Urban Dance], p. 17 (2009)</ref> and his partner "Robot Ann" were the first to socially couple dance the style to music at parties and clubs. It was at this point it became a party dance and later combined with other illusion styles to form today's popping style. It is commonly known as "Robotics". Roboting has also been likened to the jazz-era folk dance of puppeting (a style also appreciated in some colors of experimental ballet), whereby the dancer would emulate the mechanical movements of a simple musical box doll.((citation needed|date=November 2014))

[[File:Robotdance -Japan-2016 11 5.webm|thumb|left|Two girls doing the robot dance in [[Japan]], 2016]]

== Music ==
As with [[popping]] in general, the visual impact of the robot can be boosted by doing it in pace with music. The best effect is achieved with music that has very distinct beats such as [[Electro music|electrofunk]]. It is nonetheless common to use music not particularly suited for the dance, but which has a "robot theme". In 1969 [[Jack Wild]] did the robot in the "Mechanical Boy" episode of ''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]''. [[The Jackson 5]] first performed "Dancing Machine" on ''Soul Train'' on November 3, 1973,<ref>((Cite web |date=2020-11-03 |title=Nov. 3, 1973: The Day 'The Robot' Dance Became Famous [EUR Video Throwback] |url=https://eurweb.com/2020/11/03/nov-3-1973-the-day-the-robot-dance-became-famous-eur-video-throwback/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=EURweb))</ref> where Michael Jackson performed a robot dance during the song's musical break. The group again performed the routine on ''The Mike Douglas Show'' and the ''Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour'' in 1974.<ref name="soultrain1">Lehman, Christopher P. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XlWQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 A Critical History of Soul Train on Television], p. 84 (2008)</ref><ref name="soul2">McMillian, Stephen (22 October 2013). [http://soultrain.com/2013/10/22/soul-train-history-book-presents-michael-jackson-debuts-the-robot/ Soul Train History Book Presents: Michael Jackson Debuts the Robot], SoulTrain.com</ref>

==World record==
On September 29, 2009, the [[Guinness World Record]] for the Largest Robot Dance was broken by [[Robogals]] at the [[University of Melbourne]], Australia. The previous record of 276 was broken when a Guinness World Record recognised 318 people were recorded as dancing in unison in approved robot style.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/29/2699971.htm?site=melbourne |title=Students in robot dancing record attempt |date=September 29, 2009 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=May 20, 2013))</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdz88MBWomo James Brown] Doing the Robot Dance in a '70s video.
* A 1970 James Brown performance on the TV show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk8D7L7EPcg Soul Train] features a female dancer, [[Damita Jo Freeman]], performing The Robot.

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