{"id":2476,"date":"2016-12-02T17:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:33:19","slug":"robot-performs-dj-set-alongside-dj-yoda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/robot-performs-dj-set-alongside-dj-yoda\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Performs DJ Set Alongside DJ Yoda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“YuMi” and DJ Yoda<\/span><\/p>\n

Robots are making their way into just about every industry — including the DJ world.<\/p>\n

An example of this is a robot named “YuMi,” which recently performed alongside DJ Yoda<\/a> at the unveiling of Ford Motor Company’s next-generation Fiesta.<\/p>\n

YuMi was specifically programmed to perform the one-off set and was mentored by Yoda, who spent two weeks on the project.<\/p>\n

“I’ve collaborated before with a classical orchestra a beatboxer and a brass band but teaching a robot to DJ has been crazy. There were times when I didn’t know if it was going to work or not,” Yoda said. “The biggest challenge was trying to teach rhythm to robot coders. There were a lot of calculators.”<\/p>\n

YuMi is a collaborative robot, also known as a co-bot, and works closely with workers on the assembly line.<\/p>\n

Watch Ford’s behind-the-scenes video below.<\/p>\n