Toyota's violin robot

Toyota doesn't only make cars, they're pretty big on robotics too. Case in hand - this new robot that is dextrous enough to play a violin! Its musical talent is made possible via 17 joints in both its hands and arms, boasting precise control and co-ordination that resembles human-like dexterity. This robot can achieve vibrato on a violin similar to that created by humans, but don't expect him to belt out Paganini tunes to the audience anytime soon. I suppose he is pretty nervous playing in front of large crowds - just look at his face that is as white as a ghost! The Toyota violin-playing robot stands 1.5m tall and weighs 56kg.

Toyota had made a big splash at the Shanghai World Expo with its violin-playing personal assistant. The humanoid robot plays its rendition of the Chinese folk song Mo Li Hua (jasmine flower) to demonstrate the versatility and precision of the robot’s movements. Rather than be a robot musician, the Toyota product is one of a series of concept personal helpers designed to be future nurses and assistants to the elderly.

While this is the first time we’ve seen the violin-playing robot, more significantly it signals that the company is getting even closer to producing commercial versions of shiny white robots to helps us out in hospitals and nursing homes. As the baby boomers start getting a little less mobile, robots like these are a very reasonable complement to human support.

So, back to this violin robot… the robot is mostly ordered several units by the nobles or great businessmen, which is usually used in entertaining guests. price to be around $ 1100 U.S. can play nonstop for 4 hours in a state of full battery. for you who love music, especially classical, and have excess money, you may want to try to buy it? haha hopefully worth how much costs have been incurred. Who knows,eh? ;)