Gil Weinberg

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Founder of Tovbot Inc.

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Gil Weinberg on Wikipedia

Weinberg has developed a number of novel musical instruments for novices, such as the Beatbugs, and the Squeezables before conceiving the field of Robotic Musicianship. In 2005, he created the world first improvising robot, Haile, which can listen to human musicians, improvise and play along using a variety of musical algorithms. His next inventions were Shimon an improvising robotic marimba player that can improvise like jazz masters, and Travis (also known as Shimi), a smart-phone enabled robotic musical companion that is designed to enhance listeners musical experiences. Shimi is currently being commercialized by Tovbot Inc.

 

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TEDxGeorgiaTech - Gil Weinberg - Towards Robotic Musicianship

Uploaded on May 13, 2011

Interactive Computing Professor Gil Weinberg talks about leveraging technology to expand musical expression, creativity, and about robots as musicians.

 

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Gil Weinberg: Shimi, Georgia Tech's Robotic Musician

Published on Nov 13, 2012

Robots assemble cars, clean floors, and even disarm bombs. But what if they are capable of developing the creative and improvisational skills of human musicians?

 

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Gil Weinberg: Shimi, Georgia Tech's Robotic Musician

Published on Oct 12, 2013

Shimi, a musical companion developed by Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, recommends songs, dances to the beat and keeps the music pumping based on listener feedback. The smartphone-enabled, one-foot-tall robot is billed as an interactive "musical buddy."

 

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Robotic Drumming Prosthesis

Published on Mar 5, 2014

Georgia Tech has created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians' arms and electronically using electromyography (EMG) muscle sensors. The other stick "listens" to the music being played and improvises. The robot that can be attached to amputees, allowing its technology to be embedded into humans.

 

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Article "The three-armed drummer with superhuman skills: Robot prosthesis transforms amputee into an incredible 'cyborg' beat machine"

by Ellie Zolfagharifard
March 6, 2014

 

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Robotic Creativity - Gil Weinberg

Published on Apr 17, 2015

 

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Robot allows musicians to become three-armed drummers

Published on Feb 17, 2016

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play with three arms. The two-foot long “smart arm” can be attached to a musician’s shoulder. It responds to human gestures and the music it hears. When the drummer moves to play the high hat cymbal, for example, the robotic arm maneuvers to play the ride cymbal. When the drummer switches to the snare, the mechanical arm shifts to the tom.