A
The lights dimmed,the musical hall grew quiet and out walked the conductor (指挥) shiny and white and 4 feet and 3 inches tall.
ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony (底特律交响乐团), in a performance of “The Impossible
Dream” from “Man of La Mancha”.
“Hello, everyone,” ASIMO said to the audience in a childlike voice, then waved to the orchestra. As it conducted, it perfectly mimicked (模仿) the actions of a conductor,
nodding its head at various sections and gesturing with one or both hands. ASIMO took a final bow to excited shouts from the audience. Later, cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined ASIMO onstage to receive an award for his efforts in music education.
Honda spokeswoman Alicia Jones says it is the first time ASIMO has conducted an orchestra, and it may be the first time any robot has conducted a live performance. But ASIMO has its
limits. ASIMO's engineers programmed the robot to mimic Charles Burke, the Detroit Symphony's education director, as he conducted the piece in front of a pianist about six months ago. But it can't respond to the musicians.
“It's not a communicative device. It simply is programmed to do a set of gestures,” said Leonard Slatkin, the orchestra's musical director. “If the orchestra decides to go faster, there's nothing the robot can do about it. Hopefully, I keep that under control.”
【【北师大版】高中英语一轮复习讲练精品:Part I Unit 15 Learning同步练习】相关文章:
★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业:Unit 4 B卷 Word版含解析
★ 【浙江专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(一)必修1Unit 1《Friendship》
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:必修2 unit1《Cultural relics》
★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业:Unit 7 B卷 Word版含解析
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:必修4 unit1《Women of achievement》
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:选修6 unit4《Global warming》
★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练:6(含解析)
★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业:Unit 3 A卷 Word版含解析
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:必修2 unit5《Music》
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21