Andrea Colombini

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s voice soared to the rafters of a Tuscan theatre, but all eyes were on YuMi, an automaton designed by Swiss company ABB. It consists only of a small unit with two arms and is placed on a table. It has no face, no legs, no fancy features. The robot ‘YuMi’ conducted three of the 18 pieces performed at the concert, including the famous La Donna e’  mobile from Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece…