[Trombone-l] Asimo conducts Detroit

[Chris Tune]

Right you are.  The only way to consider that a robot would be "conducting"
an orchestra, would be to experiment by having sets of interesting actions
done by the orchestra which would ideally elicit intelligent reactions by
the conductor (e.g. certain sections playing too loud, or somebody speeding
up, or similar. .maybe some sort of articulation mistake such as too short
on staccato) and then seeing if the robot reacts properly.

Otherwise, this is simply a set of serial programming actions being "run" by
a very lifelike machine. Not too different than the way factory systems run
now (mostly repeated actions with a few "error" conditions thrown in to
allow for certain understood goofs). 

Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu]
On Behalf Of Robert Holland
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:33 PM
To: Trb. List
Subject: [Trombone-l] Asimo conducts Detroit

Asimo is a nice bit of engineering, to be certain. But to say that 
Asimo conducts an orchestra is a bit reductive of the sort of 
communication normally established between conductor and ensemble. 
Rather, the video essentially shows an ensemble that is playing to a 
metronome, albeit a metronome that simulates a beat pattern. It's not 
unlike how the robot simulates human locomotion when it would be easier 
to put the thing on wheels.

Robert Holland, Publisher
Briar Music Press
publisher at briarmusic.com
http://www.briarmusic.com

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