The machines have been created by a collaboration of artists and scientists, have been designed to fall in love with punk music music and show their appreciation through dance. The robots use neural networks, a collection of computer processors that function in a similar way to a simple animal brain.

Neural networks have ability to recognise patterns from the sensory input of external sources, much like a human brain. The robot brain, for want of a better word, was played lots of punk, reggae, disco and classical and over a period of time the robot has learned to recognise and appreciate the patterns of sound in punk music.
The robot has learned to recognise and appreciate the patterns of sound in punk music(within 30 seconds) and take pride of place in the mosh pit at festival Neurotic. The robot punks take pride of place in the mosh pit at a series of gigs called Neurotic. The more punk it believes the song is, the more it pogos in a "happy and frenzied way
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