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Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony
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]"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
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"
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.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Those little bastards dance better than I do...
-- El Sacarino tiene gusto de la chocha
Yup.
Did it lean toward the section that was to be prominent in the next passage? Did it succeed in getting the attention of the one section (and only that section) that was dragging down the temp? How about deciding that with the particular acoustics at the venue being what they were that the flute section was a bit piercing and decide to have them play a bit quiter?
Didn't think so.
"Giving money and power to governments is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - P.J. O'Rourke
Domo arigato, Conductor Roboto.
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.
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.
And a 01 and a 10 and a 11....
So true. By the time the orchestra is on stage performing the piece, anyone could stand up there and wave their arms and the music would be pretty good. The real mark of a good conductor is how he prepares the orchestra in rehersal. That is where the artistic vision comes across. Once he demonstrates his idea of how the piece should sound, he can conduct with subtle nuances that are easily understood by the orchestra. But only with good preparation is that possible.
My immediate reaction was that it was CGI movie fakery. In fact, many moviegoers think the "perfect" motion of CGI objects is not merely unrealistic but also physically impossible.
Watch this footage, and think again.
Seeing bad movies only encourages them. Watch responsibly