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Dance, tiny robots, dance! The best moments from Bruno Maisonnier’s TEDxConcorde robot dance-off — IN GIFS!

Just now, session 1 of TED2013 ended, but not without first introducing the TED audience to a whole mess of neat robot inventions, from a robot butler to a smartphone pet that makes the Tamagotchi seem ancient.

One of the highlights was this clip from Bruno Maisonnier’s TEDxConcorde talk, during which he had his tiny humanoid robots — called Nao — do a synchronized dance routine even the coolest b-boys would envy.

Below, we GIF the best moments from the tiny Naos breaking it down on stage:

We call this one: Air Fiddle:

Still not sure whether these guys should be touring with Daft Punk or featured in Will Smith’s “Welcome to Miami” video:

Some fancy leg work:

And last, but certainly not least — dramatic robot:

Yep. That’s how it starts.