A marimba playing robot with built-in AI that is also good at rap battles

Shimon is a marimba playing robot with built-in AI that can write and compose lyrics. This robot made by Georgia Tech has four arms and learned 50,000 songs through deep learning. Simon releases an album containing 10 songs, and 5 carefully selected songs can be enjoyed on Spotify. Not only that, but they are attracting attention by improvising rap battles with rappers and performing performances.

Simon even performed as a show in the evening at the theater. Of course there is no agitation in front of the audience. Simon’s developer and jazz player, Professor Weinberg, is the person who is equipped with a prosthetic arm that can hit a stick with his right hand.

In the scene where the rap battle is played in the video, if you skillfully give tips on the fly, you will create words that fit the mood from among numerous vocabularies. Simon writes the lyrics to the rhyme without breaking the rhythm. Moreover, you can respond by adding the content of the other party’s rap. Related information can be found here .