WABOT-2

[smc0603]

OK! What was the naked man in the backround about! That was weird! This was really interesting!

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

Oops... Yamaha FX-1 or GX-1?

- c.a.t.

[SoliloquyBlue]

I remember seeing the WABOT at the 1984 Tsukuba Science Expo on my first trip to Japan. If I remember correctly, it could play just about anything because it was actually reading the sheet of music. And I remember its voice being clearer.

[MlpforeverMlp]

That's cool!

[RoboticusMusic]

omg he's hired!

[Blurredman]

pretty cool. But freaky :O

[masonjet]

i one time wrote a report on this robot! i got a B

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

The Wabot is all the foundational research for the Honda Asimo line. Seriously. Gooooo Waseda U!

[AdamJSporka]

It's an interesting example of fine mechanics but otherwise it's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.

[AdelinDeltenre]

I used to have an instrument like this in our shop when I was demonstrator for YAMAHA Belgium in the 80ies. It's a FX-1, the biggest model of that time. I would have liked to have a demonstrator like this wabot !!! But I didn't and I had to demonstrate it myself the whole journey :-)

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

I knew it was Yamaha! Fantastic!

[NelSonOfABitch]

That's coolnest video I ever seen on YT. I founded picture of this robot somewhere over the internet - first I tought that was a fake but now I know this was possible those days.

[toen008]

It was made 30 years ago. The laboratory of Wasedadaigaccotowari Department of Engineering made it in 1984.

WABOT-2 can talk in Japanese, and can perform the tune at a middle level with the electronic organ by reading music by eyes, and using the both hands both feet.

In addition, to the recognition of person's singing voice, the automatic record in a musical note, and the accompaniment according to person's singing voice based on this.

1984 year is year when Macintosh was put on the market.

[FullChibiAlchemist]

as impressive as this is it will never be able to make it's own music, when robots can make there own music, then we can start to worry =P

[FlametopFred]

First Karaoke, now this!

[sadalite]

this thing was made in 1984! very old to be so fantastic. It makes me wonder what is being built now that we don't know about (Top Secret military)

[andrewlovesyou1]

very cool

[cantina]

Did he compose that himself? lolz.

[jarakutube]

No.

He reads note in front of him by his own camera.

This music is KITAROU's "Silkroad".

[cantina]

Oh well that's impressive aswell!

[MRSketch09]

wow! That's all I can really say..