Robot that plays “Flight of the Bumblebee” without error

August 15th, 2009 by Matthew Bleicher

This robot can play the rather complex “Flight of the Bumblebee” without error. Not only does this robot have the dexterity to do the proper fingering on the flute, but it has “lips” that allow it to adjust the speed of the air-flow as well as how the air is moved across the flute.

The best part of this robot, besides the music, could be the hat. According to the Daily Mail, the hope is to have this robot eventually interact with people and teach them how to play the flute.

Good news for human flautists: the robot might play this song very very well, but all that clicking and mechanical noise certainly won’t make this ready to perform in a symphony any time soon.

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