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- On September 29, 2009, the Guinness World Record for the Largest Robot Dance was attempted 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.
- More recently, in 2010, the season 5 winners of America's Best Dance Crew, Poreotix, were known for their use of robot-like movements.
- LXD member and Step Up 3D cast member Madd Chadd (Chadd Smith) is credited and known for his specialty with using popping in the form of robot style. He performed in the ACDC final battle during the song "Robot Rock". He also appeared in Step Up 3D and the critically acclaimed series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. Another LXD member, Harry Shum, Jr., briefly performed the dance in Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.
- In an episode of Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, some of the mice perform the "Robot Dance".
- On Chappelle's Show, set designer Karl Lake appears in several skits performing the robot in random places.
- In Date Night, and Real Steel, both directed by Shawn Levy, the main characters perform the dance.
- In the brief tag to the "Halloween" episode of NewsRadio, a robot dance is performed.
- In the year 1970, the popular TV show "Soul Train" featured a female dancer performing The Robot as James Brown performed his hit song "Super Bad."
- In the MMORPG, Guild Wars 2, the Asura's dance emote (activated by typing /dance) is the Robot.
- In the Action RPG, Mass Effect 2, the Geth squad member named "Legion" occasionally performs the Robot as part of its idle animations.
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