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Clarinet Wins Robotic Orchestra Competition

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the long-ways-from-virtuoso-still dept.

Sasha writes "The Australian designed robotic clarinet beat out Dutch and Finnish entries this year at the robotic orchestra competition. The researchers don't expect to replace human musicians, but are instead interested in what makes the difference between playing music well and playing music poorly. There is also a video available of the performance."

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  1. Has to be said by dave_the_dodo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new clarinet playing overlords.

    1. Re:Has to be said by againjj · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Which actually is (part of) the point of John Cage's 4'33". Basically, music is more that what is written on the sheet, it is also everything else's impact on the performance of what is written.

  2. But does it run Linux? by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, the answer is yes.

  3. After-perfomance quote by Dhar · · Score: 5, Funny

    After the performance, the clarinet was overheard saying, "All your brass are belong to us."

    -g.

  4. Re:Innovation without purpose... by JCSoRocks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Same could be said of music, art, etc... doesn't make it any less interesting or important to people. Curiosity, tinkering, and "because I can" have lead to all sorts of amazing things. Just because you don't understand the motivation doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to someone in some way.

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