Georgia Tech’s four-armed robot composes and plays own music, enabled by deep learning capabilities

Briefing

Georgia Tech's four-armed robot composes and plays own music, enabled by deep learning capabilities

June 29, 2017

Briefing

  • Music Composing and Playing Robot – Georgia Institute of Technology developed four-armed marimba robot able to write and play compositions after given first four measures of music, using deep learning capabilities
  • Training and Learning – Fed robot with almost 5,000 diversified songs and more than 2 million motifs, riffs, and licks of music
  • Two Compositions – Composed two pieces of music, each 30 seconds in length, that are mix of classical and jazz
  • Human-Like Capabilities – Plays like human musician, thinking about whole composition rather than next note
  • Debut and Performances – Made debut in Consumer Electronics Show, and will be featured at Aspen Ideas Festival on June 2017

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology, Media and Entertainment

Organization

Georgia Institute of Technology

Source

Original Publication Date

June 13, 2017

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