Robot Living

Meet Marve the robotic vibraphone.  He was created by Tim O’Keefe, Michael McIntyre, and Brock Roland at the SFSU School of Engineering.
From the  website:
Marv can play music of high complexity, far more complex than a human player could ever achieve, as Marv is capable of striking any and all keys simultaneously, as well as damping [...]

Cybraphon is completely different from other robotic bands like The Trons.  Cybraphon is more of a musical curiosity cabinet with feelings.
Three artists from the UK got together to create Cybraphon.  It took them over 6 months to create this amazing musical cabinet.  Cybraphon contains a Shruti box, chimes, cymbals, a record player as well as [...]

Clara was created by Sarah Angliss, a musician, sound artist and tinkerer, to play the theremin.
In Sarah’s own words:
Named in honour of the original theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, Clara 2.0 is a robot doll who can play the theremin live. I call her the ‘polite robot thereminist’ as she listens to a line from another [...]

For all you iPhone users and musicians out there comes an new iPhone app called Bebot.
For a measly $2 from the iPhone app store you get a cute robot in a tux and a synthesizer app for your iPhone.
Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for the band Dream Theater can explain how Bebot works better than we can.
Watch [...]

Shimon is a robotic marimba player that actively listens to the other musicians, not just playing pre-programmed music.
Shimon was created by Guy Hoffman from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Guy’s website states the following:

Using a novel gesture-based improvisation and motor control system, the robot listens to the human play and tries to match its beat, sync, [...]