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Robots Step it up in Dance Competition A dance competition...for robots. They showed off their moves in ballet and eight other types of dance--though none of them actually did "the robot." And for that one lonely robot in the corner without a date? It did calligraphy. If you thought the London Olympics was the only major international competition on this summer, you would be wrong. In the city of Fujin, in China's Northeastern Heilongjiang province, robots were in a heated dancing competition. 29 teams from countries including China, Russia, Mexico and Korea competed in nine categories. The robots were judged in things like solo dance, Ballet and street dance. The stars of the show -- two giant panda robots, each with over 20 moving joints. [He Rong, Xihua University Student]: "We worked very hard on these giant panda robots. It took a lot of work to ensure even easy moves. For example, we spent three days to complete the giant panda costumes." After a day of fierce dancing, the team from Mexico took the title for the solo category. The Harbin Engineering University won four prizes, and the Shanghai Jiaotong University, the St. Petersburg National University and the Fujin No.3 Middle School also took home awards. For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪english.ntdtv.com‬ Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪on.fb.me From: NTDTV Views: 227 11 ratings Time: 01:03 More in Science & Technology