Tenor Andrea Bocelli has brought down the house at Pisa’s Teatro Verdi but it was the conductor named YuMi who stole the show.
For the first time in history a robot has learned to conduct an Orchestra
YuMi, the world's first truly collaborative dual-arm robot, has made its debut at the opera by conducting Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy, after being invited by Mr. Bocelli. Among the guests was ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer, under whose leadership YuMi was developed.