2024-10-14 13:07:00
The musicians of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra performed on Sunday under the direction of three articulated arms designed in collaboration with the local Technical University.
A three-armed robot designed to mimic a human conductor made its debut this weekend in Dresden, Germany, where it was able to perform music composed especially for it.
With its three articulated arms, each equipped with a magic wand that evokes the lightsabers from the film Star Wars – he conducted musicians, who were very human for their part, during two performances of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra.
The robot was trained to recognize the beat tempo and indicate dynamics, with the different arms able to move independently of each other. He was able to provide insight into his abilities by performing The semiconductor masterpiece (“The Semiconductor Masterpiece”), a work by the German composer and pianist Andreas Gundlach, commissioned by the orchestra.
The machine works with man
The robot used its three arms to lead the three parts of the orchestra separately, which would not have been possible with a single human conductor. Speaking on Sunday’s show, Andreas Gundlach said the robot idea was inspired by scientists at the Technical University of Dresden who are developing “cobots », collaborative robots « who do not intend to replace human beings but to work with them “. It took two years to develop and train the driver robot in collaboration with the university.
According to the German composer, the process necessary to teach the machine the movements to conduct an orchestra” [lui a] brings home in a whole new way how wonderful the creation of humans is “He spoke of the patient work that had to be done to infuse the machine.” aesthetic arm movements that can be well captured by the orchestra ».
Two robot arms also guided the musicians during the premiere of #crossknot by Wieland Reissmann, another piece involving instruments played simultaneously at different tempos.
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