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Troy Rogers (aka Robot Rickshaw) performs with his band of robotic musical instruments at Beaner's Central in Duluth, MN.

Robot Band

August 28, 2015

Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) creates robotic musical instruments, compositions, performances, and tools for the creation of musical robots. www.expressivemachines.com

Expressive Machines (EMMI)

November 8, 2014

Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) is a band of sonic thrill seekers, composers who have turned to the creation of novel robotic musical instruments to achieve their musical vision. Founded in Charlottesville, Virginia by Troy Rogers, Steven Kemper, and Scott Barton in 2007, the multifaceted organization operates as a composers’ collective, performance troupe, instrument design/development […]

Vivisys

March 26, 2014

In the fall 2008, I collaborated with Johnson and Nataly Gattegno of Future Cities Lab to create Vivisys, an “experimental double-curved acrylic lattice vault that plays host to an extraordinary cluster of CNC prototyped metallic barnacles. A robotic soundscape, comprised of networked auroras of electron emitting cold cathode tubes, responds to interactions from the environment.” […]

RAVESpace

February 26, 2014

RAVESpace (Reactive, Acoustically Variable, Expanding Space)(2007) is both an interactive installation/instrument and a small-scale model for a project of architectural proportions. Tasked with creating a prototype for a kinetic, responsive building, a group of several architects and a single musician imagined a concert hall that could expand and contract according to occupancy and its environment. […]

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