Overview
Shimon is a marimba-playing robot capable of writing and performing its own music compositions using deep learning and artificial intelligence. With four arms and eight sticks, it can compose music autonomously after being trained on thousands of songs and motifs, marking a significant advancement in musical creativity for robots.
Specifications
Category: Research- Launch year
- 2017
- Price
- Contact for quote
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
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- Applications
- research
- Sub Category
- robotic-musicianship
- Contact Emails
- press@goodnewsnetwork.org
- Company Country
- US
- Deployment Notes
- Shimon will perform live at the Aspen Ideas Festival and has been featured at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote.
- Youtube Video Id
- 0dOn-EvSPUs
- Industries Served
- arts,technology
- Software Platform
- Artificial intelligence and creativity algorithms; deep learning / machine-learning music models
- Training Required
- none
- Availability Status
- available
- Extras Contact Emails
- gilw@design.gatech.edu
- Programming Interface
- no_code_gui
- Additional Information
- Performed with human musicians in dozens of concerts and festivals.,Performed over video-link at conferences.,Project combines human creativity with algorithmic computational capability.,Real-time collaboration between human and computer-based players.,Facilitates a musical experience that is not possible by any other means.
- Deployment Environment
- indoor
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