Japanese Robots: Toyota Partner Robot and Honda Asimo

This footage was shot at the 2008 Japan! Culture + Hyperculture Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. It includes a demostration of two life-sized robots.

The Toyota Partner Robot is a trumpet player who plays three songs. I didn't recognize the first tune. The second tune is a cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You." The third tune is a medley of the following Disney songs: "Hi Ho", "Whistle While You Work", "When You Wish Upon a Star", and "The Mickey Mouse Club March".

The second robot in this clip is the Honda Asimo, who can walk, talk, run, and even walk up and down a flight of steps.

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Science & Technology

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• Japanese
• robots
• Toyota
• Partner
• Robot
• Honda
• Asimo
• electronics
• gadget
• mechanics

[superskiez]

Wow this robot can blow! It's only a matter of time for robots to be serving in the sex industry

[biggee316]

"...And man created the machine in his own image. And for a time, it was good..."

[chamblizi]

im expecint a little asian girl to come out that armor

[GrenurplenailsIV]

You know what I realized...Asimo looks like a space man! whooo! And he can walk up some stairs! OH YEAH!!

[halowraith1]

asimo doesnt talk like that... and in other videos, that version of asimo doesnt even talk. however, there is one that does talk and recognizes objects, saying the name he learnt with it.

[DreamofNirvaria]

@emorjon2 Well would you be impressed if a robot just played a sound? It's much more difficult to create the sound using the instrument.

[TheJusticeBeast]

さすがはトヨタ、パクリがお上手！

Great TOYOTA! Loves chasing after.

(They just create copied, Always.)

[xskyxheavenx]

that sound just comes out of his stomage....how lame

[al3m07]

its good

[ladymatsy]

The first tune is "Dominique," which was a HUGE hit for Soeur Sourire, otherwise known as "The Singing Nun," way back in the 60s.

[emorjon2]

why did they make a robot that can blow in a trumpet when all they need is to programming a trumpet sound in the robot?