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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Forget Mellotrons...

From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
Date: 2008-08-13

I suspect 3 robotic violin players would be even heavier, expensive and more temperamental than a tron!

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:
From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Forget Mellotrons...
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 10:51 AM

...just wait until THESE puppies hit the music store shelves. He sort of looks like John Bradley -- on a good day.


> Robot researcher Atsuo Takanishi, a professor of engineering at Waseda
> University, in Tokyo, is driven by a vision that would probably appall
> many musicians.
>
>
> http://spectrum. ieee.org/ jul08/6454
>

My question is: can the robot do this standing on one foot?

Rick