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Drum machine robot

This little yellow-tracked robot roams around looking for something to drum on. It samples the sound, makes sure it is good, and creates little rhythms. There are more videos on the web site that are definitely worth a look. Drum machine robot

Posted by Marc de Vinck | Mar 22, 2008 03:00 AM
Music, Robotics | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Posted by: brandon on March 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM

AWWWWW its so cute....

Posted by: cyenobite2 on March 23, 2008 at 12:08 PM

Really cool! What would a room full of these things sound like? :)

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