It is not a band until they dramatically break up.
Given the context, one would hope that would be a catastrophic mechanical failure, ideally involving explosions.
An engineer has built and programmed an all-robot band
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#12Direct link to Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@onehackerband
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#13Is “robot” overused these days? Headline: “Engineer builds robotic lawn care system” Reality: A programable sprinkler valve timer.
In this case these are more like machines that play instruments than what most “common folk” would consider a robot.
This is certainly an interesting creation but for some reason the lack of sensors or some ability to respond to what it is doing or it’s environment seems to fall short of “robot”.
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#14Reminds me of Electromancy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9tBkb9DJTrA
From the channel description:
> I’m a disabled musician building a robot metal band to keep playing music. DIY robot instruments, broken manikin bandmates. Creative mind of Step "Satyra" Tranovich
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#15I expected the article to be about Compressorhead.
I expected the article to be about Showbiz Pizza.
I expected the article to be about The Trons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trons
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#16I expected the article to be about Compressorhead.
There's also One Love Machine Band - https://youtu.be/vcci6vPGBHQ
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#17Pat Metheny has done something similar with his orchestrion project, 12 years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYEOUKS4Yk). At the time I went to see him perform with it in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, which was impressive, but still missing the band energy that normally makes the music come alive. He did mention that it was the first gig on the tour without major technical issues, it does seem like a nightmare to set it all up correctly.
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#18There is also Compressorhead since 10 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/@RobocrossMachines/videos
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#19Pat Metheny has done something similar with his orchestrion project, 12 years ago ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYEOUKS4Yk ). At the time I went to see him perform with it in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, which was impressive, but still missing the band energy that normally makes the music come alive. He did mention that it was the first gig on the tour without major technical issues, it does seem like a night…
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#20Is “robot” overused these days? Headline: “Engineer builds robotic lawn care system” Reality: A programable sprinkler valve timer.
In this case these are more like machines that play instruments than what most “common folk” would consider a robot. This is certainly an interesting creation but for some reason the lack of sensors or some ability to respond to what it is doing or it’s environment seems to fall short of “robot”.
If we constantly have to change our technical terms to fit whatever misconceptions the "common folk" have... well that's a lot of pointless redefinition and recoining.