Stories in The Guardian and The Times yesterday about Honda's Asimo robot debuting as a conductor. He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a performance of 'The Impossible Dream'.
The Guardian said, 'Asimo wowed the audience and even impressed some of the musicians. "The movements are still a little stiff, but very humanlike, much more fluid than I thought," said bassist Larry Hutchinson.'
The Times reported: “It is absolutely thrilling to perform with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,” said Asimo, when the performance was over. “This is a magnificent concert hall.”
The musicians themselves seemed to enjoy the experience. “The nice thing about this conductor is that it always does the same thing twice,” said one trumpeter.
Quite gratifying for us that Asimo chose to conduct The Impossible Dream, as it neatly brings together two strands of the work Wieden + Kennedy has developed for Honda UK.
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BBC has video of ASIMO conducting...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7402363.stm
Posted by: domo arigato | May 15, 2008 at 02:14 PM