Conducting? Hell, a robot could do it!
June 26, 2008 6:37 AM Subscribe
Japanese automation claims yet another job in the most beleaguered of industrial American cities. This is just cruel.
posted by ardgedee at 6:50 AM on June 26, 2008 [6 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 6:50 AM on June 26, 2008 [6 favorites]
Spooky. Amazing that technology has come this far... and also amazing that detroit still has a symphony orchestra;)
man of la mancha
posted by vronsky at 6:51 AM on June 26, 2008
man of la mancha
posted by vronsky at 6:51 AM on June 26, 2008
Reasons why robots will never be our masters, number 249: Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela
posted by Jofus at 6:54 AM on June 26, 2008
posted by Jofus at 6:54 AM on June 26, 2008
Conductorless orchestra
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:54 AM on June 26, 2008
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:54 AM on June 26, 2008
The robots will remember our laughter. And there will be a reckoning.
posted by shadow vector at 6:55 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by shadow vector at 6:55 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
I don't see what's spooky or amazing about
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So did he conduct it, or was it just a remote control puppet show?
posted by blue_beetle at 7:05 AM on June 26, 2008
posted by blue_beetle at 7:05 AM on June 26, 2008
while (!music.isStopped()) { arm.getHand().wave(stick); }
body.turn(180);
body.bow();
posted by mkb at 7:07 AM on June 26, 2008
body.turn(180);
body.bow();
posted by mkb at 7:07 AM on June 26, 2008
Best use of the "semiconductor" tag ever.
posted by cog_nate at 7:07 AM on June 26, 2008 [8 favorites]
posted by cog_nate at 7:07 AM on June 26, 2008 [8 favorites]
Detroit's symphony orchestra is excellent.
What they did was film the conductor, then write a script to have the robot mimic what he did. No processing, or decision making at all. Just a joke, really.
Chilling, though, to see a Honda leading my hometown orchestra. Revenge of Vincent Chin, I guess.
posted by QIbHom at 7:16 AM on June 26, 2008
What they did was film the conductor, then write a script to have the robot mimic what he did. No processing, or decision making at all. Just a joke, really.
Chilling, though, to see a Honda leading my hometown orchestra. Revenge of Vincent Chin, I guess.
posted by QIbHom at 7:16 AM on June 26, 2008
So did he conduct it, or was it just a remote control puppet show?
ASIMO is just the world's most expensive RC toy. Its not autonomous. I think it does some pre-programmed tricks but its mostly under remote control.
posted by damn dirty ape at 7:23 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
ASIMO is just the world's most expensive RC toy. Its not autonomous. I think it does some pre-programmed tricks but its mostly under remote control.
posted by damn dirty ape at 7:23 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
There is something about the way the ASIMO moves that makes me want to try to tackle it. I have no idea why.
posted by quin at 7:34 AM on June 26, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by quin at 7:34 AM on June 26, 2008 [2 favorites]
I like that it was to raise money for a cause. Despite knowing ASIMO wasn't doing anything more than playing pre-recorded actions, it was still fun to watch.
posted by artifarce at 7:43 AM on June 26, 2008
posted by artifarce at 7:43 AM on June 26, 2008
Yeah, there's one autonomous ASIMO, at Carnegie-Mellon I think, and the rest are just dinky RC toys.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 7:54 AM on June 26, 2008
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 7:54 AM on June 26, 2008
ASIMO Conducts The Detroit Symphony Orchestra twenty gazillion volts from a Tesla coil and bursts into flames.
I really do need to make a HERF gun for the coming robot wars. Really, Honda. Did you have to make them walk around like they were sneaky ninja robots? Ok, I guess you did, but did you really have to make them walk around like sneaky, creepy, panty-stealing ninja robots?
posted by loquacious at 8:22 AM on June 26, 2008
I really do need to make a HERF gun for the coming robot wars. Really, Honda. Did you have to make them walk around like they were sneaky ninja robots? Ok, I guess you did, but did you really have to make them walk around like sneaky, creepy, panty-stealing ninja robots?
posted by loquacious at 8:22 AM on June 26, 2008
Best use of the "semiconductor" tag ever.
Until, I suppose, Optimus Prime does this same thing in his vehicular form.
posted by cog_nate at 8:52 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
Until, I suppose, Optimus Prime does this same thing in his vehicular form.
posted by cog_nate at 8:52 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
Positive robot news, well now. Time to take the ASIMO down a tag!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlV0Y5yAww
posted by cgomez at 9:16 AM on June 26, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlV0Y5yAww
posted by cgomez at 9:16 AM on June 26, 2008
I just realized something -- DU is a robot!
# REM for metafilter (blue)
# REM WRITTEN JUNE, 2008
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20 OPEN_THREAD
30 DU=IDIOT
40 TYPE COMMENT
50 CURRENT_NOTE = ALL_THREADS
60 MOVE_HANDS_IN_SQUARE (DO THE HOKEY_POKEY)
70 IF COMMENT_IS_NOT_DUMB_ENOUGH(CURRENT_COMMENT) THEN RAISE HANDS HIGHER
80 GO_TO_NEXT_FPP (RINSE_AND_REPEAT)
90 WEND
posted by vronsky at 10:28 AM on June 26, 2008
# REM for metafilter (blue)
# REM WRITTEN JUNE, 2008
10 RECOGNIZE_NEW_FPP
20 OPEN_THREAD
30 DU=IDIOT
40 TYPE COMMENT
50 CURRENT_NOTE = ALL_THREADS
60 MOVE_HANDS_IN_SQUARE (DO THE HOKEY_POKEY)
70 IF COMMENT_IS_NOT_DUMB_ENOUGH(CURRENT_COMMENT) THEN RAISE HANDS HIGHER
80 GO_TO_NEXT_FPP (RINSE_AND_REPEAT)
90 WEND
posted by vronsky at 10:28 AM on June 26, 2008
80 GO_TO_NEXT_FPP (RINSE_AND_REPEAT)
90 WEND
This will not WEND ell.
posted by splice at 10:55 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
90 WEND
This will not WEND ell.
posted by splice at 10:55 AM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
rest are just dinky RC toys
They're two separate problem spaces really. It's a platform that should be fully capable of being autonomous given advances in CPU speed, memory, etc.
posted by empath at 1:03 PM on June 26, 2008
They're two separate problem spaces really. It's a platform that should be fully capable of being autonomous given advances in CPU speed, memory, etc.
posted by empath at 1:03 PM on June 26, 2008
I think it does some pre-programmed tricks but its mostly under remote control.
To anthropomorphize even further, ASIMO models generally possesses basic "reflexes", but any of its "conscious" higher-level actions must be either scripted beforehand, or dictated in real-time by remote control. Though the line between autonomy and remote control gets a bit blurred when the remote is controlled not by a human but by a computer; if the brain's way too big to actually fit in the body, how much is it "cheating" to have the brain be an external computer that controls the body via WiFi with little to no human intervention?
posted by PsychoKick at 3:32 PM on June 26, 2008
To anthropomorphize even further, ASIMO models generally possesses basic "reflexes", but any of its "conscious" higher-level actions must be either scripted beforehand, or dictated in real-time by remote control. Though the line between autonomy and remote control gets a bit blurred when the remote is controlled not by a human but by a computer; if the brain's way too big to actually fit in the body, how much is it "cheating" to have the brain be an external computer that controls the body via WiFi with little to no human intervention?
posted by PsychoKick at 3:32 PM on June 26, 2008
My friend's parents are in the orchestra and, apparently, they said that it keeps horrible time. Weird.
posted by Bizarro at 9:07 PM on June 26, 2008
posted by Bizarro at 9:07 PM on June 26, 2008
...they said that it keeps horrible time.
Well, I gotta say, the robot did seem really sluggish to me... seemed like the orchestra was in fact playing just a bit ahead, rhythmically, of ASIMO's "conducting". I have a feeling they were pretty much conducting themselves, which is what I think orchestras should actually start doing anyway. Violinists of the world, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:52 AM on June 27, 2008
Well, I gotta say, the robot did seem really sluggish to me... seemed like the orchestra was in fact playing just a bit ahead, rhythmically, of ASIMO's "conducting". I have a feeling they were pretty much conducting themselves, which is what I think orchestras should actually start doing anyway. Violinists of the world, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:52 AM on June 27, 2008
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