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Robot plays a synthesizer, then rips your arms off

synthgear.com — It was made over 25 years ago. WABOT-2 was a robot that was developed by Waseda University as an 'intelligent humanoid keyboard player'. It can read sheet music, carry on a conversation and automatically accompany a singer. All in 1984 - you know, when the Macintosh was first released.

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  • raydeen, on 11/03/2009, -0/+30I said it before and I'll say it again. The future happened in the '80's. I don't know what the ***** we're living in now.
  • Nishnabotna, on 11/02/2009, -7/+26Buried for inaccurate. No mention of arm ripping in the article.
  • Phasmorphage, on 11/03/2009, -0/+16So I think I speak for all of us when i ask "why the ***** isn't ***** like this around today"
  • Velnich, on 11/03/2009, -0/+14An apple without the smug.
  • thcobbs, on 11/03/2009, -1/+14Dey took rre JERBS!!!! ?
  • DevilToo, on 11/02/2009, -0/+12Robots are taking the 1980's jobs!
  • Mawds, on 11/03/2009, -0/+11Some weird alternative *****.
    Someone has been messing with the timeline methinks.
  • steve9924, on 11/02/2009, -1/+11ummm, I think it was a joke. And besides, they do mention it.
  • trogdoor, on 11/03/2009, -0/+9http://xkcd.com/652/
  • EntangledPhysx, on 11/03/2009, -0/+8"Either way, just don’t piss him off, he’s liable to rip your arms off." -the article. Unless you suck at the guitar maybe?
  • RachelJTM, on 11/02/2009, -1/+8insane
  • PinkyTheWinky, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5Back to the future came out in the 80s. Coincidence? I think not!
  • PinkyTheWinky, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5Back to the pile everyone!
  • SpamHat, on 11/02/2009, -1/+5Cool, but that was 25 years ago.
    Where are the ones that can fly today?
  • WonderBoy55, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4DEY TUUK ERR JURRRBS!
  • Mawds, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4I want that organ - http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/10/jimmy-and- ...
  • fragMasterFlash, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4Notice all the wires? That thing was on a very short leash to a rather large box containing its 80 microprocessors, all of which could be replaced by a single Pentium with bandwidth to spare.
  • chrisinsocalif, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Chewbacca is also a good defense if you ever go to court.
  • PlasticHotDog, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4 Figures it's Japanese. They're true visionaries when it comes to robotics. Even if they are always trying to build robots that aren't quite realistic with the given technology, their effort is inspiring.
  • Aspaztic, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Dugg for 80's robot playing a Yamaha FX-1, even if it hasn't ripped off any arms.
  • 1nduc3, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Buried for inaccurate. Robot doesn't actually rip your arms off (or anything remotely similar).
  • PlatnumPlatypus, on 11/03/2009, -2/+4Chewbacca plays chess, then rips your arms off. If he loses...
  • thcobbs, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Well, isn't it obvious? Someone has figured out "The Question" to which the answer is 42.... therefore the universe was replaced by something else far stranger.
  • Ghostwo, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Nowadays robots only play guitar hero, and vacuum floors.
  • Maelok, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2And so you'll come back and digg this since there *is* mention of arm ripping?
  • Torturor, on 11/03/2009, -4/+5What the ***** is macintosh?
  • Nishnabotna, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Well, now I'm in a quandry. The robot is obviously not ever meant to engage in arm ripping, and the comment was pure hyperbole. But, technically my statement was incorrect.
    Decisions decisions.
  • inigomntoya, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1They illegally travel through time to work the jobs that the past 'us' didn't want to do - thereby making us experienceless.
  • ozzyozb, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1that was great!!!
  • Gizmo453, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1I said it before and I'll say it again........i love being a turtle
  • DiggMasterJ, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Who is going to write about it after they had their arms riped off?
  • brook011, on 11/03/2009, -2/+1I watched the whole thing hoping an arm got ripped off. disappointment.
  • inactive, on 11/03/2009, -2/+0Except none of that means anything because it obviously hasn't made this thing any less niche and obscure.
  • RocketGib, on 11/03/2009, -4/+2Buried for failure of Robot to rip someone's arms off.
  • inactive, on 11/02/2009, -11/+7No mention of arm ripping in the article............................

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