Honda's
Asimo
robot is set to make its orchestral debut next month by attempting to conduct
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The special performance will take place 13 May during which the robot will
conduct Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha.
Asimo will also present a Lifetime Achievement award to world-famous cellist
Yo-Yo Ma.
Honda has donated more than $1m to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for its
music education fund, and is hoping that its robotic performance will spark
interest in maths and science in young students.
Resembling a child in a white spacesuit, Asimo is part of a long term project
aimed at providing assistance to the disabled and elderly in their homes.
Honda recently demonstrated the robot's athletic capabilities when it climbed
up and down stairs and ran at up to four miles per hour at the Kennedy Center in
Washington DC.
Asimo also made headlines in February 2002 when it rang the opening bell at
the New York Stock Exchange.
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