Robotic motion

Diana Knight shows off her impeccable skills

Robotic motion is the kind of movement typically exhibited by actual humanoid robots. When portraying robots, actresses can mimic this type of motion to more convincingly convey their roles. This type of movement can also be referred to as "click and pop", and has been common in urban dance genres for decades.

Origin

Degrees of freedom

The primary reason that most humanoid (and non-humanoid) robots have this particular way of moving is that they possess limited degrees of freedom when compared to actual humans. It has been estimated that humans have around 1380 degrees of freedom, while the HRP-4C robot has only 42.

Another reason is that human motion is based on the way the musculoskeletal system operates. Most functional robots today do not have similar systems, and instead operate based on electrically powered mechanical systems. Such electromechanical motion systems do not have the "fluid" and "graceful" motion capabilities that humans and other animals have. Electromechanical motion tends to be stiff, jerky and abrupt in comparison. Such movement can also be reliably precise and exact in exertion, pressure, range and speed.

Role in media

Actresses playing the part of female robots can use these differences in motion to their advantage to convincingly pass themselves off as machines. This is one of the hardest ASFR-related acting skills to hone, simply because it goes completely against the way that humans naturally move. The attempted use of robotic motion in an ASFR video can also backfire badly if the actress doesn't understand what the motion is supposed to look like.

Examples

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  Animated

See also

• Access panel
• Damage
• Faceoff
• Malfunction
• Repair

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