Dorkbot Pittsburgh

April 24th, 2008

Marek spoke about Keepon at a Dorkbot meeting tonight at the Brillo Box. Afterwards, Keepon got to play with visitors and with Eric Schweikardt’s roBlocks:

Keepon at Dorkbot

OK, we made a Facebook page.

April 22nd, 2008

Now you can display your love for Keepon to your college friends! Become a fan here.

Nordic Exceptional Trendshop

April 7th, 2008

Keepon was exhibited at Innovation Lab’s Nordic Exceptional Trendshop (NEXT No. 5) in Aarhus, Denmark from April 4-6.

We had a great time meeting hundreds of visiting Danes, not to mention the other exhibitors. Here’s Keepon with models showing off Soomi Park’s LED Eyelash:

Carnegie Mellon videos get Pop-Up treatment

February 19th, 2008

The two Carnegie Mellon-produced videos with Keepon and Daniel Wilson are now available in the style of VH1’s iconic Pop-Up Video.

First, “Keepon: Friend or Foe?” -



And “Keepon Auditioning” -



Sun-Sentinel: Like the song, but not the video? Make your own

January 29th, 2008

Jake Coyle wrote an AP article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on the phenomenon of YouTube music videos:

Acts are increasingly giving up at least some control, leaving them sometimes wondering what their role is in this new, post-MTV, democratic world of music videos.

For the unofficial video for Spoon’s Don’t You Evah (tinyurl.com/yp38wh) produced by Wired magazine, the band gave its blessing to the robot-dancing clip. If you look closely, though, you can spot Spoon frontman Britt Daniel on an escalator — only a background figure in his own video.

Gizmodo: Dancing Keepon robot teaches author how to love

January 25th, 2008

Gizmodo speculates, upon seeing “Keepon: Friend or Foe,” that Daniel Wilson will soon be amassing a dancing army of Keepons. We neither confirm nor deny that he has made such a request.

Update: This was also picked up on Gizmodo Japan.

Keepon Auditioning

January 23rd, 2008

And yet another new video… this time Daniel H. Wilson takes Keepon to a dance audition at Carnegie Mellon with Ali Spagnola (who also wrote the music) and other dancers from 5LMT. More information at http://www.cmu.edu/robou.




Keepon: Friend or Foe?

January 15th, 2008

Keepon is in a new video with Daniel H. Wilson, author of “How to Survive a Robot Uprising” (soon to be a movie with Mike Myers), “Where’s My Jetpack?” and “How to Build a Robot Army”. The music (no, that’s not your cell phone) is by Ali Spagnola. More information on this Carnegie Mellon alumni collaboration at http://www.cmu.edu/robou.



Chicago Maroon: “Don’t You Evah” in top 5 music videos

January 12th, 2008

The Chicago Maroon puts “Don’t You Evah” at the top of its best-of-2007 list.

We’re working on it.

January 10th, 2008

“Every dance move is the Robot if you can imagine an advanced enough robot.” A profound insight from comedian Demetri Martin.

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