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Drum Playing Robot #743508 12/09/22 05:16 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,758 United States Bass Thumper OP Veteran
OP Bass Thumper Veteran Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,758 United States	Although I can appreciate the engineering hurdles that were overcome, I'm not sure what to make of this or where this technology is headed. Nonetheless I got a good chuckle out of this stiff humaniod trying to be Ringo. Note that it takes a MIDI file as input which makes sense. Be sure to watch the video. To Data on Star Trek . . . you got nothin to worry about here buddy https://spectrum.ieee.org/xiaomi-robot-drummer https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677 BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.

Re: Drum Playing Robot Bass Thumper #744225 12/12/22 02:37 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA MikeK Veteran
MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	Interesting, but that robot would be screwed if the BPM go to a high rate... Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Drum Playing Robot Bass Thumper #744326 12/13/22 06:07 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 460 Baker, La K Kajun Jeaux Journeyman
Kajun Jeaux Journeyman K Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 460 Baker, La	Well, he has my old human drummer beat, at least he didn't get drunk and fall off the stool....LOL Kajun Jeaux

Re: Drum Playing Robot Kajun Jeaux #744333 12/13/22 06:27 AM Off-Topic
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OP Bass Thumper Veteran Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,758 United States	Originally Posted By: Kajun Jeaux Well, he has my old human drummer beat, at least he didn't get drunk and fall off the stool....LOL Kajun Jeaux Absolutely, he'll also never complain about the play list. What really cracks me up about this is I couldn't concieve of a more rigid, stiff and lifeless mechanical bot even if I tried. I think my lawnmower has more fluidity than that thing, hillariouas Come on engineers, at least pretend to give this thing a little life! https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677 BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.

Re: Drum Playing Robot Bass Thumper #744675 12/14/22 02:50 PM Off-Topic
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Planobilly Veteran Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 2,741 Gulf Of Mexico As Of Late	What was cool about this is that it led me to "Cyborg Drumming Arm Makes Amputee Into Superhuman Musician". That I thought was really cool. As I get older and lose some of my physical abilities, playing guitar, for example, I think about designing mechanical/electronic devices to help out. We should not have to put up with declining physical abilities in this age of robotic technology. Where is my brain implant so I can remember stuff...lol Billy “Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig? “Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”

Re: Drum Playing Robot Planobilly #744685 12/14/22 03:13 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,758 United States Bass Thumper OP Veteran
OP Bass Thumper Veteran Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,758 United States	Originally Posted By: Planobilly We should not have to put up with declining physical abilities in this age of robotic technology. How 'bout this for robot technology? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677 BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.

Re: Drum Playing Robot Bass Thumper #744687 12/14/22 03:24 PM Off-Topic
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eddie1261 Unregistered E	I would SO have one of these to put on stage!

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