Robo Orchestra!

This is the musical robot Toyota unveiled today in Tokyo! Its main skill is definitely playing the violin! This was just one in a series of new robots Toyota is promising will change our lives!

They have launched a few others as well each with specific purposes. The main purpose of the one above is to walk and help the elderly. It can use its hands to perform a wide variety of tasks, including playing the violin!

Others include one that people can mount and sit on, similar to a chair as seen here

I can’t see myself being one of the people splashing out on one of these ‘companions’ but I can see how after a bit of development they could see them being a regular thing to expect in someones house to do cleaning, washing up etc. Hopefully it won’t get to a stage where they try to take over the world like in films such as I, Robot!

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