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May 14, 2008

Robots begin commanding humans

Today, the orchestra; tomorrow, the world

Posted at 5:34 pm by Eric Fetters

OK, so I kid. I haven't been convinced by decades of sci fi movies that all robots are evil. Though I still have mixed feelings about that bumbot.

But the Detroit Symphony allowed a Honda-built robot named ASIMO to conduct it on Tuesday night. The reports are that it did OK. Here's the musically minded bot in action:

Honda has been showing off its robots for years, with hopes of finding a commercial market for these things in the not-too-distant future.

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