Today, AI and robots are disrupting creativity as we know it in almost every industry. For the music industry, this means endless opportunities for the music creation process.

In this session, Moritz Simon Geist, musician, producer and robotics engineer, will talk about how robots and mechanic instruments can be used to make electronic music – without electronics! This session will provide an overview of the different concepts and approaches to robotic musical instruments.

Moritz will also look at the history of music robots, discovers Stunning projects in this field and characterizes different kinds of robotic devices, as well as deep-dive into hardware and DIY techniques to create music robots providing an overview on Geists robots , as well as the production process.

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