{"174161":{"#nid":"174161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gil Weinberg at TEDxPeachtree 2012 : On Musical Robots and Robotic Musicians","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn November 13, 2012, Gil Weinberg presented his robotic musicianship research at TEDx Peachtree. The presentation included Haile - \u0026nbsp;the first improvising robotic drummer, Shimon - the social robotic marimba player, and a live performance of Shimi - \u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0027s new robotic musical companion, responding to and dancing with Atlanta Hiphop artist Street Lotto.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/youtu.be\/VscnR6F20yc\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/youtu.be\/VscnR6F20yc\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/youtu.be\/VscnR6F20yc\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn November 13, 2012, Gil Weinberg presented his robotic musicianship research at TEDx Peachtree. The presentation included Haile - \u0026nbsp;the first improvising robotic drummer, Shimon - the social robotic marimba player, and a live performance of Shimi - \u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0027s new robotic musical companion, responding to and dancing with Atlanta Hiphop artist Street Lotto.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27293","created_gmt":"2012-11-29 12:35:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Joanie Chembars","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1178","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"168949","name":"Shimi"},{"id":"169304","name":"Shimon"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gil.weinberg@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGil Weinberg\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}