This Is NOT A Footage of Dancing Humanoid Robots! Find out the facts…

Scientists in different parts of the world are researching humanoid robots resembling the shape and features of humans, and recent advancements, especially in AI technologies, have significantly aided such developments.

However, a lot of misleading content also gets viral from time to time, claiming to be scientific breakthroughs of human-like robots. This is our investigation into one such video of two dancers falsely claimed to be humanoid robots impersonating humans.

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Viral social media posts accompanying a short video clip of two female dancers are trying to convince that artists are human robots!

“Wow ! Amazing ! Check out this dance. This Dance is at Disney Land in Shanghai. These two dancers are not human they are two robots made in China The dance time is only 5 minutes, but you have to wait for four hours to get the ticket charge is 75 dollars. Indian money is about 6000 rupees.”

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Fact Check

Even though robotics technologies have advanced immensely recently, with humanoid robots designed to read human emotions, we did not come across any news reports of humanoid robots performing such precision dance moves as claimed in the viral video.

We did a reverse image search of the keyframes from the viral clip and came across a YouTube channel called Indian Raga, which contained the same footage, published over five years ago in August 2017.

But this video doesn't have the accompanying background music of the viral video. In fact, the dancers here are performing the Bharatanatyam dance. The name of the dance is Vahana Alarip.

One of the dancers seen here is Sofia Salingaros, a non-Indian Bharatanatyam dancer. In fact, this was her first solo Choreography for Indian Raga, an education startup founded at MIT in Boston, USA. Sophia’s journey with Indian Raga can be seen in this 2019 video, which includes many other dances from the talented artist. The other dancer in the video is Isha Paripudi, also an Indian Raga Fellowship.

Some of the main projects of Indian Raga include Fellowships, Raga Centers, Raga Labs, Concerts, and Productions. According to information provided on Indian Raga's website, “Indian Raga aims to bring Indian classical music and dance into the 21st century, making the art accessible to anyone, anywhere, with online Indian classical singing classes and online Bharatnatyam and Kathak classes designed to provide skill and practice from the masters in a fun and engaging way.”

They further describe themselves in the following way.

“We offer a holistic approach to music and dance, in both classical and contemporary styles. We provide a platform for aspiring artists to explore their talent, with opportunities to focus on presentation and performance, high-quality audio, and video production for digital channels, and learn how to collaborate with fellow artists. We have designed our programs to give you the choice of how to participate from anywhere in the world.”

This is also not the first time that the claims of humanoid robots have gone viral. Read out fact check on the Video of Russian Bachata Dancers Going Viral as Robots Dancing In Disneyland, Shanghai.

Also Read: Has China created an artificial Woman, as this video claims? Find Out the Facts…

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Conclusion

According to our investigation, it's clear that the dance in the viral video was performed over five years ago by two female artists and not by humanoid robots. Furthermore, they were attached to a dancing institute named IndianRaga, an education startup founded at MIT.