(Video) Meet Pavarobotti: New opera performed by robots

(Video) Meet Pavarobotti: New opera performed by robots. The University of Sussex this week saw the performance of an opera with a twist .. it was sung by robots. After weeks of intensive singing lessons by programming experts, two Nao robots took centre stage at a symposium bringing together research into music and artificial intelligence. Dr Evelyn Ficarra , Lecturer in Music at the University of Sussex and Assistant Director of the Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre ( CROMT ), conceived of and led on the project, and said: "This is has been a fascinating project with potential for impact beyond opera and music theatre. "If, in the near future, we are expecting to see robots used as care workers or teaching assistants, then we need to teach them to understand and respond appropriately to humans. The virtues of the musician - listening, co-operation, group creativity - are transferable skills that could apply in all kinds of human situations.