A robot maestro leading an orchestra at the Sharjah Performing Arts Academy in Sharjah, UAE, Jan 31. — Reuters
SHARJAH, UAE: The conductor on the podium has no baton, no tailcoat and no musical score, but Android Alter 3 is kicking up a storm as it guides a symphony orchestra's players through their paces.
The robot has a humanoid face, hands and lower arms, which gesticulate with what could pass for passion as it bounces up and down and rotates during the live performance of Keiichiro Shibuya's opera Scary Beauty in the Emirate of Sharjah.
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