Nantes (AFP)
Their hipster is "mechanical and repetitive" but "very pretty to see", summarizes Serena, stripper in a Nantes club where two robots invented by a British artist were presented for a month to attract new customers.
These white robots inspired by the body of women, whose heads are materialized by a surveillance camera diffusing a neon light, were created "to highlight the recrudescence of video surveillance" and to raise the public to wonder about this question, explained the director of the SC Club Laurent Roué.
The two robots perform a choreography around a pole dance bar, as do the club dancers.
Originally, these robots were not intended to be "an animation strip clubs", continued Mr. Roué. But he managed to convince their creator, the British artist Giles Walker to install them in his Nantes establishment after discovering the two humanoids at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas in 2018.
Experience has led him to conclude that robotics "will never replace dancers for us, nor will it take up much space in our activities".
Same observation for Serena who works in the establishment since June and believes that the robots "will not be able to replace the games of looks, the undulations of the body".
Laurent Roué initiated this project to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his strip club with the aim of attracting a new clientele. "The sign seems rather sulphurous, so many people do not dare to push the doors, where they took the excuse of robots to come and see," he said.
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