Robot Makes Music

Toyota Makes Music

Toyota Motor Corp said it intends to put its humanoid and other advanced robots to practical use soon after 2010 to help people in factories, hospitals, homes and around town.
Unveiling two new robots, Japan's top automaker said it would step up research and development in the field, including by doubling the number of engineers to about 200 in around three years. It will also build a research facility dedicated to robot technology on the site of one of its domestic factories next year, Reuters reports President Katsuaki Watanabe as having said.
One of these is a "mobility robot," and the other is this violin-playing robot, which stands 5 ft. tall and features 17 flexible joints and mechanical fingers.