March 15, 2004
Toyota Robot at Your Musical Service
Just in time for Will Smith's I, Robot movie this summer, Toyota unveiled a humanoid robot that can play the trumpet with flexible artificial lips. Development took 2 1/2 years with no real application other than pure research learnings for engineers. The robot market is slated to grow from $4B a year to $14B in 2010.
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