Posted on 04/26/2008 4:37:45 PM PDT by Flavius
A humanoid robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next month, mixing two different cultures -- technology and music.
Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo robot was built to help people and to someday assist the elderly and disabled in their homes. While many features are still in development, Asimo has already become something of a robotic ambassador.
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removing people from the loop will be oh so much fun
As long as it doesn’t text it’s laptop, and have an affair with said laptop and have a huge party at the Robotian Mansion Detroit will be fine.....
The audience will be video recorders and the orchestra will be synthesizers.
Remember when Detroit and the American auto industry were famous for their technology? Maybe there would have been an Amermo robot conducting the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
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