I have to say, I am completely inept when it comes to building things. I’m quite skilled at assembly, let’s be clear. However creating something from scratch that can actually accomplish something? Anything? No way. Any idea I’ve ever had for anything mechanical has been preemptively pwnd by this:
Yellow Drum Machine is evidence that people are able to create awesome things. People who are not me are creating awesome-osity. From the robot creator:
This is a robot I just made.
It was very hard to film, as the camera came in the way for any natural behavior. Anyway, here is what it … all » usually does:
* Navigate around, collect some data, avoid obstacles, until it * Finds something “worth playing on” (a single isolated object or a wide flat surface that it can find an angle onto) * Snakes into place * Plays some beats on what it have found, and samples this, checking it has a “good sound” * Based on data collected in the area, and sample just made, then compose a little rhythm, and plays this along with the sample
Why? Well.. I was sitting thinking what I should do for my next robot, what it should do.. Listening to music.. making a rhythm with some robot-parts.. Thought; “Hey, I will make a robot that drives around and plays on stuff”
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