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League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots

ignoblegnome's picture

I bumbled in to this site while surfing.

http://lemurbots.org/Mellits_StudiesForGuitarBot.mov

There are a bunch of other interesting videos, if you like robots that can make music.

Flashes light to beats in music
Flashes LEDs to beats in music. The concept is simple. Two FETs act as switches, and turn the LEDs ON when sufficient current flows through its base terminal. The … Read more

Funny Stop Motion Robot Music Video with Keb Mo

ignoblegnome's picture

Do you know Keb Mo's music? Pretty cool stuff.

Add robot stop motion animation, and I just had to share it.

The author disabled video embedding, so you'll have to watch it on YouTube.

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Plays musical notes using a non-contact LED stylus.
This is 'Allura' - a small synthesiser I built as a platform to test out a few techniques for another project in progress. Read more
History: Inspired by Animusic's bodacious films, I was wondering whether a music robot in a much more simple way would be possible to make. Here is what my little … Read more

Fat Man and Circuit Girl

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Nerd TV done right. Two people in their respective "labs" video chatting live for all to watch. Recorded shows on Vimeo.


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Impresive geek biographies for the both of them.

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Gets funky with it's surroundings
Using a
How to make a Yellow Drum MachineAudiofile Engineering asked me to do a sequel to a robot of mine, Yellow Drum Machine. It was named Yellow Drum Machine II (YDM … Read more
Drive around and find interesting things to drum on
Using a
Here's my latest project. I liked Frits' Yellow Drum Machine so much that I decided I wanted to build one of my own. I'm working on the physical construction first … Read more
Drives around and finds stuff to play drums on. Samples what it plays, and play to the samples.
Using a
How to make a Yellow Drum Machine    Audiofile Engineering asked me to make a robot like this for them, to be won in a promotional contest. Yellow Drum Machine II … Read more