A “two-armed” robot developed by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology made its debut at the National Theater of Korea, conducting musicians in the country’s national orchestra.
The robot first bowed to the audience and began to conduct its hands to control the orchestra’s performance.
“The conductor’s movements are very detailed,” said Cho Suyul, who conducted Friday’s performance with the robot, “the robot was able to show such detailed movements much better than I had imagined.
But Ever 6’s “critical weakness,” Choi said, is that it can’t listen.
Lee Joung-ju, an audience member who studies traditional Korean music, said the robot’s movements, while keeping the beat perfectly, lacked the “breath,” or ability to keep the orchestra ready for collective and immediate engagement, which he says is crucial in performance.
“There seemed to be some more work for a robot to do the job,” Lee said.
Song Inho, another viewer, also said that the performance of “Ever 6” seems to be at the beginner level.
“I think it would be able to do the conducting itself if it is equipped with artificial intelligence to understand and analyze music,” Song said.
The humanoid robot hosted three of the five acts featured on Friday night, including one co-hosted with Choi.
“It was a concert that showed that robots and humans can coexist and complement each other, not replace each other,” Choi said after the concert.
2023-07-01 19:39:00
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