From AP via Yahoo: Honda's ASIMO robot conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as it performs 'Impossible Dream' during a concert in Detroit, Tuesday, May 13. Honda Motor Co. designed ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. ASIMO can run, walk on uneven slopes and respond to simple voice commands, but Honda says this is the first time ASIMO has ever conducted an orchestra. ASIMO can't respond to the players, but mimicked the actions of a conductor who was videotaped beforehand.

No word on whether ASIMO can schmooze donors or tolerate hot Fresno summers. On the jump: a few more shots of the robot just because it's so darn cute.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, right, mimics Honda's ASIMO robot after it conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. (I'm glad that the AP distinguished between the cellist and the robot in its provided photo caption.)