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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. Pre-emptive Slashdotting? by Johnny+Fusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    No comments, and the link is ALREADY DEAD.

    The slashdot effect never fails to amaze me..

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    1. Re:Pre-emptive Slashdotting? by Coneasfast · · Score: 4, Interesting

      nyud cache going in circles for some reason :+( :
      here

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    2. Re:Pre-emptive Slashdotting? by BrynM · · Score: 5, Funny
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    3. Re:Pre-emptive Slashdotting? by evilviper · · Score: 4, Funny
      No comments, and the link is ALREADY DEAD.

      You changed the status by checking it... Welcome to the world of quantum slashdotting!
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  2. The goggles do nothing! by stienman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Probably named after Neil Peart, Drummer for Rush.

    -Adam

    1. Re:The goggles do nothing! by CausticPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Probably named after Neil Peart, Drummer for Rush.

      No. Surely it's just a coincidence.

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  3. Feed it a MIDI file for Moby Dick by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Watch it self distruct.

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  4. Animusic lives! by Chmarr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Cool! The first part of Animusic has come alive... Now if they can only duplicate the ball-shooting music machine, I'd be in heaven.

    Brief: Animusic is a bunch of animated music clips, where the animation is controlled by a MIDI file. Some great animation, and great music, in there.

  5. Don't do it by xasper8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure a build your own drum playing robot, sounds great...
    Slave over it, loose sleep programming it, pour your hard earned money into it...
    Next thing you know it runs off to Hollywood to start a band...
    Yeah you MAY get a postcard occasionally... You may see it during guest appearances on TechTV but, will it care you are up fretting it's getting its proper upgrades? NO!

    It sounds like a recipe for heartache...
    Sorry, I've said too much already...

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  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. fun noise generator... by Sam+Nitzberg · · Score: 4, Funny

    cat /dev/random | /dev/drum

  9. cache of the "How It Works" page by nack107 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=robotic+drum +machine+midi+%22how+it+works%22&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&vst =0&vs=www.graffagnino.net&u=www.graffagnino.net/ww wpeart/howitworks.htm&w=robotic+drum+machine+midi+ %22how+it+works%22&d=CCDC61028E&icp=1&.intl=us

  10. Q: How many drummers by LearnToSpell · · Score: 4, Funny

    does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

    A: Twenty. One to screw it in, and nineteen to talk about how much better Neil Peart could have done it.

    *rimshot*

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    1. Re:Q: How many drummers by evilviper · · Score: 5, Funny

      Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

      A: None. We have a machine that can do that now.

      Actually, I think this joke was much funnier before this story.

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    2. Re:Q: How many drummers by TheTomcat · · Score: 3, Funny

      We're starting the drummer jokes? ...

      Q: how many drummers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
      A: one, but he's got a roadie to pick out the bulb, take it out of the box, place it in the threads, and hold it just right until the drummer is ready for it.

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      Q: what's the last thing the drummer said before being kicked out of the band?
      A: hey guys, I wrote a song!

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      Q: why does every band have a bass player?
      A: SOMEONE has to drive the van. ... hear about the bass player who locked his keys in the van? took him 3 hours to get the drummer out.

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      I also like the "guy who hangs with musicians" one, but someone beat me to it.

      S

  11. Almost there... by sevensharpnine · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's impressive that the robot can go through the physical actions of a drummer, however, they've still got a few more features to add. Here's a list of features typical in a drummer:

    1) An obnoxious t-shirt. My favorite is the old "Snatch: the Greatest Food on Earth". Of course, there are plenty of others. Alternatively, a lesser drummer might resort to an old hockey jersey, but make sure it has a dozen holes and pizza stains on it.

    2) Abhorrent smell. When your eyes water, you're getting close. The smell should be enough to kill a small animal.

    3) Repulsive to women. This is more attitude than anything else. Make sure the robot takes credit for everything. The robot should act like Gods' gift to music; he wrote/composed everything and is really the key to the band's success. Also, if there are any guitar robots around trying to hit on bar-bunny robots, make sure drummer robots inturrupts with embarassing stories about the guitar robots.

    4) Completely insane tastes in music. Make sure the robot likes nothing more than some obscure late-60's bluegrass band that sold a hundred albums. As a bonus, the robot should get violent when said band's musical ability is questioned. Drummer robot should insist that this band's entire catalog be performed at every gig.

    5) Alcoholism. The robot should start drinking in the morning, and won't stop till the next. Make sure the robot whores all the free beer at gigs. For the best realism, make sure this alchohol intensifies all of the other mentioned points. But most importantly, a good drummer always lets alcohol cause him to play poorly. It's never his own fault, of course.

    6) Always late. Rehearsal, Gig, Practice, Weddings, ii-V changes, second verse, etc.

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  12. Re:Ha Ha its dead. by Zardus · · Score: 3, Informative

    *robot-played drumroll*

    Introducing.... MirrorDot!

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  13. What do you call a guy... by falzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...who hangs out with three musicians?

    The drummer!

    *Ba-dum-bump-tsh*

  14. Yes, but... by nickjl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can it use the drum to send IP packets?

    1. Re:Yes, but... by sploo22 · · Score: 3, Informative

      For those who don't get the joke, TCP/IP via bongo drums.

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