The World's Largest Robot Dance in progress

Our robot dance advisors Rick Tankard and Arna Singleton get interviewed by a documentary crew

On 29 September 2009, Robogals broke the Guinness World Record for the 'largest robot dance' with 351 dancers. The previous record of 276 dancers was set by students at the University of Kent in the UK. While the record is not official due to a technicality, the attempt was enjoyed by all present, and attracted significant media coverage that raised awareness of Robogals and our cause.

A few media coverage highlights:

• The 7pm Project on Channel 10 had a reporter present at the event; the clip was shown in the evening just after the dance. Our first appearance on primetime national TV!
• ABC Local Radio crossed live to the dance scene just before and after the dance attempt.
• Articles in the Herald Sun both before and after the attempt (24 & 30 Sep) including a video on their website
• Interviews on ABC Local Radio, Nova 100, 3AW and SYN FM in the week leading up to the dance.
• We were The Age's Odd Spot the following morning.
• Step-by-step "how to do the robot dance" in mX newspaper the day before.
• Britain's Metro newspaper carried an article about the attempt.
• Singapore's Straits Times included a photo of our robot dance in their "News in Pictures on Tuesday" on that day, alongside other such historic events as the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
• A group of Swinburne film students made a short (10 minutes) documentary which followed the planning and execution of the attempt, which can be viewed here