Robotic Drumming Prosthesis Aids Creativity and Control

Professor Gil Weinberg, founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, has created a robotic drumming prosthesisthat can be attached to amputees’s arms and powers two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians’ arms and electronically using electromyography muscle sensors. The other stick “listens” to the music being played and improvises.