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Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-forward dept.

me98411 writes "New Scientist is running a front page article about the Sony's QRIO bot [QRIO= Quest for Curiosity] successfully conducted an entire orchestra at the Tokyo Philharmonic Society. An impressive footage of the four bots performing a dance routine can be seen here [wmv format]"

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  1. The Great Maestro... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    In the not so distant future:
    "Oh swell, we'll be conducted by #011278-TY-42 again, always has to have a flair for the dramatic. Too bad old #006273-UO-88 got a virus and it addled his core, he may have had a lazy servo or two, but he was easy to follow."
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  2. grace by squashed · · Score: 4, Funny
    Successfully conducted?

    Right, with all the grace of a metronome.

  3. The Three Laws of Robotics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets hope Sony has designed "The Three Laws of Robotics" into these little bots.

    Surely this would stop them from forming their own boy bands, or should I say Robo Bands.....

    "Back street roboz"

  4. That poor robot... by Saeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    With a name like "QUEERIO", that poor robot is going to get teased by all the other macho hetero bots until one day it just *snaps* and takes over the world Columbine-style. That's how it happens you know.

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  5. Three Laws of Musical Robotics by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. A robot may not injure a Beatle, or, through inaction, allow a Beatle to come to harm.

    2. A robot must obey the orders given it by roadies except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

    3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not mean playing in a rap band.

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  6. Ha! by Sacarino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those little bastards dance better than I do...

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  7. Obligatory Styx Quote by The_Rippa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Domo arigato, Conductor Roboto.

  8. Damn stupid geeks by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who thought of this? Don't you geeks realize that we're not getting the chicks as it is because we can't dance and then you go invent a robot that dances better than us. You know you're not going to be able to send this robot to a nightclub to pick 'em up for you.

    Jeepers.

    How about inventing a robot that beats up jocks instead?

    On the other hand I'd love to see this robot take on a Dance Dance Revolution machine.

    John.

  9. Damnit! by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just sent in my application to conducting school. By the time I graduate, all the conducting jobs will be outsourced to robots. Oh well, I guess we should have all seen it coming, much like what happend to assembly and manufacturing plants in the 80s.

  10. I don't know which is more impressive by way2trivial · · Score: 4, Funny

    the video, or the fact that it still loaded for me near instantly a full 20 minutes after it was posted to slash

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  11. Question by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ""New Scientist is running a front page article about the Sony's QRIO bot [QRIO= Quest for Curiosity] successfully conducted an entire orchestra at the Tokyo Philharmonic Society."

    How is this different from, say, a metronome?

  12. Lawrence Welk Digitized by thirty2bit · · Score: 5, Funny

    And a 01 and a 10 and a 11....