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Build Your Own Drum-Playing Robot
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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The slashdot effect never fails to amaze me..
There are two kinds of fool. One says, This is old, and therefore good. And one says, This is new, and therefore better.
Probably named after Neil Peart, Drummer for Rush.
-Adam
Watch it self distruct.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
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...
Instead of raising your voice, try strengthening your argument.
cat /dev/random | /dev/drum
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*
Haida Manga
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.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." -Voltaire
...who hangs out with three musicians?
The drummer!
*Ba-dum-bump-tsh*
Can it use the drum to send IP packets?