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Toyota Robot Violinist Wows At Shanghai Expo

Posted by timothy on from the is-it-using-the-suzuki-method? dept.

kkleiner writes "The Shanghai World Expo got a special treat this past week in the Japanese pavilion, when Toyota's famed violin-playing robot thrilled the crowd with a rendition of the Chinese folk song Mo Li Hua (jasmine flower). The bipedal artificial violinist hasn't been seen much since its debut back in 2007. Now we have footage of the Toyota bot playing Mo Li Hua in Shanghai as well as its original rendition of Pomp and Circumstance from 2007."

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  1. One problem by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was only one problem, while the Toyota robot performed quite well, they couldn't get him to stop....

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  2. Re:Shareholders by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Awww, I bet if we ask nicely they could have the robot play the world's smallest violin.

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