“If music be the food of love, play on”, so the famous aphorism goes. But what if the music didn’t come from a human? What if Daft Punk’s Robot Rock came from an actual robot? Would that change ...

Humanoid robots are stepping into the spotlight, performing live with human musicians, in an interesting study done by researchers. The robotic band, which included Oscar, a Robotis-OP3 who played the ...

When you think of robot music, your mind probably drifts to something like dubstep, but this robot band rocks out in a far more traditional sense. This is Compressorhead at practice, jamming out to ...

The robots represent emotion as they “listen” to music via the colours, intensity and width of their lights trails, as well as their position on the canvas and the speed with which they move within it ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE Guitars, bassoons and tambourines may be headed the way of Betamax. Three University of Virginia graduate students have built a robot that performs avant-garde musical compositions.

How do you represent the "emotional essence" of music? Well, the University of Waterloo, in Canada, is turning to robots to find the answer... Researchers have created a system for people to ...

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of perceiving and responding to human emotions can serve as heart-warming companions ...