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Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies

Posted by timothy on from the percussion-from-a-distance dept.

compumike writes "Just in time to add a bit of geeky holiday cheer to your office, this video demonstrates how to build a robotic xylophone featuring handmade solenoids and aluminum bars, and shows it playing several classic holiday tunes. New songs can be programmed in with C macros, and this project could even be extended to perhaps play a melody when a new e-mail arrived or a software build has finished compiling!"

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  1. Pedantic correction by residents_parking · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a glockenspiel. A Xylophone has wooden bars. I know because as a kid I assumed it would be the other way round.

  2. Not a xylophone by diethelm · · Score: 4, Informative

    A xylophone has wooden bars. This would more correctly be called a metallophone.

    With that important piece of information pointed out, you can all carry on now.