WABOT-2
Keyboard playing humanoid from Waseda University that read printed sheet music with a camera eye and performed on an electronic organ.
| Maker | Waseda University, Kato Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| First shown | 1984 |
| Status | Retired |
| Actuation | About 50 joints driven by electric motors |
| Sensors | Camera eye for reading printed scores, microphone |
| Autonomy | Distributed control across roughly 80 microprocessors |
WABOT-2 was built as a specialist musician rather than a general purpose machine, with ten fingers, two feet and about fifty joints. A camera in its head read ordinary sheet music, and a distributed network of roughly eighty microprocessors coordinated fingers, feet and speech so it could play organ pieces of moderate difficulty and accompany a singer. It performed in public at Expo '85 in Tsukuba.
Of note
- Read printed scores and played an electronic organ
- Performed at Expo '85 in Tsukuba
Maker: www.waseda.jp