A HUMANOID music conductor wowed listeners at a performance in Sharjah, when it effortlessly guided a symphony orchestrau2019s players through Keiichiro Shibuyau2019s opera, Scary Beauty.

The robot, Android Alter 3, gesticulated with its arms, bounced up and down and rotated, during the performance. Whatu2019s more, it even sang every now and then. u201c The android itself moves according to its own will,u201d remarked Kotobuki Hikaru, the technician behind the musical bot.