Will The 4 Armed Robot Drummer Replace A Human?

Drummers absolutely hated drum machines where they first came on the scene, threatened by their perfect time. After a while, most learned to embrace the machine and live with it, with most drum machines getting jobs that a real drummer would never have gotten anyway.

But what happens when you have a robot that plays with perfect time? Here's a video of a 4 armed robot drummer doing his best Tommy Ramone imitation of "Blitzkrieg Bop," which I don't think will have drummers quaking in their boots -- yet. Notice that it (he?) never plays any fills, and the feel is very eh, robotic.

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