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Robot Clarinetist Wins Music Competition

I promise you, you’ve never heard Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee performed this fast. And you’ve probably never heard it played by a robot. 
This master clarinetist was built by NICTA, and won first prize at the Artemis Orchestra Competition, “honoring scientists who could best lash together computers, machines, and musical instruments.”

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Detroit Symphony Achieves Nerdvana with First Robot Conductor

Every once in a while, a video comes along that truly captures a significant moment in human/robot relations – like the robot that cooks breakfast we saw a few weeks ago. This next one sent shivers up my spine, brought a smile to my face, and, yeah, even a few tears… Not really, I’m joking about the [...]