[Robotgroup] Toyota Robot plays violin

[Def Egge]

At 18:49  2007-12-07, you wrote:
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 >Not sure if anyone saw this but Toyota has made a
 >robot with 17 joints in each hand and arm.  Not sure
 >why they made it look so much like a "gray" but it
 >sounds interesting never-the-less. (video clip
 >included) http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=72177

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Interesting ... the engineering is there.  Now it comes down to the 
art of the programmer, eh?

Program it correctly, capture the musical nuances, and you have 
Midori.  Do it improperly, leave the nuance and feel out, and you 
have a talentless hack, playing at his high school's graduation 
ceremony.


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All the best....

Mike