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Build Your Own Drum-Playing Robot

Posted by michael on from the rimshot dept.

libertynews writes "Here is a project called P.E.A.R.T. where EE students constructed a drum playing robot using USB controlled pneumatic actuators and MIDI files."

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  1. The goggles do nothing! by stienman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Probably named after Neil Peart, Drummer for Rush.

    -Adam

  2. Ha Ha its dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There should be an automatic test ran before each article is posted to test the server. A failure should either delay the article or mirror it somewhere else.

  3. and... by eSavior · · Score: 3, Insightful

    wtf would I do with a drum playing robot? I would think the amount of effort to put together one would vastly outweigh my ammusement of watching a tin can play the drums.

  4. can you say... by blool · · Score: 3, Insightful

    easy, theres nothing remotely hard about a drum playing robot... a trumpet playing robot would be more interesting.

  5. Re:Pre-emptive Slashdotting? by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's awesome, but given the subject matter of the article it should have been to the tune of something by Rush. :-)

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