- Who
- Unnamed
- What
- first
- Where
- Japan ()
Playing a brass instrument requires constant changes to the embouchure (the arrangement of the mouth, lips and tongue) to reach certain notes. The first robot to achieve this is an as-yet-unnamed bipedal invention designed by Toyota (Japan). In the same “family” are robots with the dexterity to play the tuba and drums.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3501336.stm http://www.honda-robots.com/english/html/p3/frameset2.html