Swedish composer Fredrik Gran programs robotic arms to play bowed instruments like the cello and double bass. He also plays duets with the robots, blurring the lines between the musician and the music ...

Humanoid robots are stepping into the spotlight, performing live with human musicians, in an interesting study done by researchers. The robotic band, which included Oscar, a Robotis-OP3 who played the ...

Who owns the title of greatest heavy metal band of all-time? Black Sabbath? AC/DC? Metallica? Led Zeppelin? No, none of those iconic groups. But don’t get too excited, Iron Maiden and Pantera fans, ...

The He Xuan humanoid robot band which performs on instruments including the piano, drums, guitar, and yangqin, has filled its schedule for the Lunar New Year shows in mid-February. Consisting of three ...

Well, you won’t find one of these at your local Guitar Center. Russian artist Dmitry Mozorov invented a new robot/instrument/gadget that makes music by scanning a tattoo on his forearm, and he calls ...

The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...

When he plays a techno show, Moritz Simon Geist doesn't reach for a laptop. Instead, he calls on his army of sonic robots—a collection of small, motorized creations that click, clank, and whirr in an ...

Moscow-based artist Dmitry Morozov aka “vtol” has built a robotic system to read a tattoo on his arm like a musical score. The sounds this thing makes are pretty gnarly. Called “Reading My Body,” the ...

Beginning this weekend, Staten Islanders will be able to make exotic music with robotic instruments. Starting Saturday, the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden in Livingston will house a ...

SARAJEVO – Bosnia’s most popular rock band, Dubioza Kolektiv, has a new recruit who sings and plays musical instruments – a humanoid robot called Robby Megabyte. Students from Sarajevo University’s ...

Robots are stealing jobs, the narrative says, and, according to this video, robots are stealing the arts too. The video shows several industrial robotic arms playing the piano, guitar, drums and a ...