Sensors on the robot told it the directions it was being pulled or pushed, and then the robot’s programming allowed it to move in that direction. To stop the 350-pound robot from running over its dance partners, it immediately stops in place if a person lets go of Cody’s hands. Most of the experts agreed that the robot was a fun dance partner, though two disagreed with the statement: "The robot was fun to dance with." And the experts were split on whether or not a robot simply moving back and forth with them to the beat counted as “dancing.”