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The Maijishan Grottoes

Seven thousand Buddhist sculptures grace the caves and a sheer rock cliff face of the Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu Province, China. The work on these carvings took hundreds of years, peaking around 500AD, but continued until the beginning of the 20th century. Some are carved out of the cliff itself, some are made of clay, and some rock sculptures have been brought in from elsewhere. See lots of photographs of this amazing landmark from various vantage points at Kuriositas. Link -via the Presurfer

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Rather than issuing a typical, semi-trolling negative comment, I would like to start a survey.

How many of you would say that this device accomplished its goal of assisting in the creation of music?

I would say that it did not.
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It may not have assisted in the creation of music, but it may be a piece in the puzzle of creating more functional robots. Imagine robots creating and playing music, rather than an animatron bleating out an old Stevie Nicks tune.
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Device did not aid in the creation of music. Human counterpart simply compensated for the devices playing in an effort to appear as if they were "Jamming".. In essence the device failed to put its own stank on the beat.
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I have seen this robot play live. The did a similar project with (i think its a) marimbas.

@otterly, the robot can 'improvise' utilizing the human's beats and manipulating them, it can sense the density of the user's playing and make a decision about its own density. The player can play anything it wants and Haile will 'improvise' with it, not the other way around.
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This robot was discussed in "Wired for War," as an example of how the robot/human relationship may be similar to the working dog/human relationship rather than robots replacing humans in various roles.

A fascinating book that I highly recommend.

Thanks for posting the video (stanky or not).
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