robotic musicians
Articles about robotic musicians:
This is a short demo of the Xylobot, a robotic xylophone created for Berlin Music Hackday, held on September 18-20 at Radialsystem V.
A custom Java app receives MIDI data from the step sequencer and controls the Arduino over a serial connection. The board then triggers the servos to hit on the xylophone.
The whole construction was built in under 24 hours and is mostly made of hot glue and wood.
Xylobot was created by Ramsey Arnaoot & Robert Böhnke.
Robots Sing Happy Birthday
ICCMR’s singing robots, Tom, Dick and Harry, were programmed at the University of Plymouth to sing Happy Birthday to celebrate the centenary of the London Science Museum. The robots were on display at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre on 10 June 2009. Read more…
If The Rock-afire Explosion Had Played Nine Inch Nails In 1991, Showbiz Pizza Would Still Be Open
Fatz Geronimo and The Rock-afire Explosion do their take on Nine Inch Nail’s 1,000,000. Read more…
Humanoid Robot Plays The Violin
This is creepy and cool at the same time – Toyota has created a robot that can play the violin – better than a lot of amateur violinists.
As music robots get better, it will raise a lot of questions about the unique role of musicians in creating expressive music.
via diagonaluk
The Robotic GamelaTron Of Zemi17
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Filed under: Electronic Instruments, Music Videos, Software Sequencers
You gotta love the Robotic GamelaTron of Zemi17 – and not just because its name makes you think of every cheesy sci fi movie ever made:
Zemi17 has augmented Gamelan instruments that he brought back for his time in Indonesia while the LEMUR team has built customized interfaces and robotic mechanisms to enable the playing of the Gamelan by computerized midi controlled robot arms.
Sonic Self, Chelsea Art Museum July 18, 2008, NYC.
zemi17 via thesonicself
