The new robots in Japan, made my Toyota, now can play music. It can play the violin and trumpet. Although this event seemed magnificent and really amazing, many people are still wondering if it really is the robot's ability to play or if it's just another tape recorder dressed as a humanoid robot.
Performance by the two humanoid robots playing the trumpet and violin accompanied by a human violinist.
However, many people criticized that these new robots are no better than any tape recorder. It can just play back what they hear instead of playing what the robots think "sounds right". The article doesn't go into full detail as to how these robots are playing the instruments, which brings up questions if the robots really are playing what they thought and imagined, instead of something that was recorded and they're just replaying it.
A performance that one of person suggested was if these robots can improvise. One of the musician's talents that many people look for is how well they can improvise songs. If a robot can achieve improvisation, it'd be a really advanced robot that people would be looking for.
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