Kuka Juke Bot, the Robotic DJ
7 February 2007 by sean
7 February 2007 by sean
A friend sent me a link about this a couple of days back…who couldn’t love the combination of industrial robots and vinyl LPs?
“The Juke Bot is a pair of Kuka industrial robots; each is surrounded by a set of platters (you know, vinyl LPs). The two bots act independently, deftly grasping an LP, and then bringing it to a platform with a phonograph needle. Delicately, the robot presses the LP against the needle and begins to rotate it forward and backward, creating a unique performance sound.”

Read full article: Hacked Gadget - Kuka Juke Bot.
Tags: robots, sound as art, video







