Honda Robot Makes Podium Debut
"Asimo, Honda's humanoid robot, made its conducting debut Tuesday at Orchestra Hall, leading the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in "The Impossible Dream" of Broadway fame... An engineer cued Asimo wirelessly." Incoming DSO music director Leonard Slatkin showed up for the event, and joked to Asimo, "I'll believe it when you conduct Mahler 7." Detroit Free Press 05/14/08

Posted May 14, 2008 05:48 AM