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Bionic robot arm lets plants play musical instruments (2024)


The machine will make its live debut at Castlehead Viaduct later this month

According to a press release, Bionic and the Wires, led by Andy Kidd on the keyboard and Jon Ross on the plants via the robot arm, combines botanical rhythms with atmospheric textures and soundscapes created by synthesisers. This bionic robot arm invention, however, enables the plant to directly "play" musical instruments such as the steel handpan drum and the violin. Speaking on the new invention, Jon Ross said: “We’ve spent many months researching and developing the new bionic robot arms.

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