Street theater often featured mimes who did a mechanical man or puppet style illusion, without music.
Roboting has also been likened to the jazz-era folk dance of puppeting (a style also appreciated in some colors of experimental ballet), whereby the dancer would emulate the mechanical movements of a simple musical box doll.
[citation needed] As with popping in general, the visual impact of the robot can be boosted by doing it in pace with music.
The group again performed the routine on The Mike Douglas Show and the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1974.
[4][5] On September 29, 2009, the Guinness World Record for the Largest Robot Dance was broken by Robogals at the University of Melbourne, Australia.