A Flute Playing Robot

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk The flawless flautist: The musical robot that plays Flight Of The Bumblebee perfectly Waseda University’s robotic flautist can play the challenging musical score of the ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ almost flawlessly. The Waseda Flutist No. 4 Refined IV was unveiled at the BioRob 2008 conference in Arizona two weeks ago. Thanks to a series of technical advances, the latest version makes smoother transitions between notes than the original model built in 2003. The robot’s mouth and lungs have been carefully designed to mimic the expert air control of a professional flautist. clipped from www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp clipped from www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp

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