iPad Controlled Lego Robot Band Makes Music

The use of Arduino and Raspberry Pi has equipped anyone with the ability to create a real-life working robot. This is no exception for Joseph Acito, sound designer and producer with over 20 years in the music industry

Joseph Acito introduces this video on his blog:

"Toa Mata Band is a band of small robots Series LEGO Bionicle playing mini electronic instruments. Everything is controlled by a MIDI sequencer for the iPad, the app Clavia NordBeat whose notes are converted into electrical impulses by an Arduino Uno."

The use of Arduino to make anyone a robot genius was one of the key messages from a talk Chris Anderson, former Editor-in-Chief turned robot thought leader, focused on at Expand this weekend. Anderson's new venture 3D Robotics and DIY Drone use Arduino to create aerial drones fully equipped with cameras. We covered a demo of one of his robots here.