This past week, the International Robots and Vision Motion Control Show (whew, that’s a mouthful!) was in Rosemont, IL. One of the featured guests was the above robot, Toyota’s Partner Robot. I cannot find any footage of it playing at the International RVMCS, but here it is tooting it’s stuff in Nagoya, Japan (by the way, it can apparently play many different songs, and has companions who can play other instruments such as the violin!):

“The conference features presentations by some 50 international experts on automation in manufacturing…[and is] for companies currently using or considering using robots, machine vision, motion control and related technologies.”

This year’s theme was “Green and Lean”, and focused on “cost savings, green technology trends, inspection, lean and cutting-edge technology secrets…  [demonstrating] how these automation technologies can be used to manufacture solar cells, wind turbines, fuel cells and other green technologies. And system integrators will present real world application case studies during ‘Successful Applications of Robotics,’ providing insight and strategies for users to implement their own systems.” source

Don and I wish we could have attended to see all of the robotic glory!

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