WATCH: Our symphony in science for ESOF
21 Jul 2016
Robot Orchestra to open Europe’s greatest scientific gathering
From five-year-old primary school children to pensioners who've been tinkering away in their garages, Manchester has been crowd-sourcing an orchestra.
An amazing machine built from the city's imagination, it is a gathering of 'electronic brains' that has turned everything, from old floppy disk drives and desk fans to the violins and woodwinds of classical music, into a modern melody.
This robot orchestra is to perform at the opening ceremony of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Europe’s greatest scientific gathering, which celebrates Manchester’s role as European City of Science 2016.
And here is your chance to have a sneak preview.
Danielle George, our Professor of Radio Engineering, who dreamt up the robot orchestra more than a year ago with citizen science innovator Dr Erinma Ochu MBE, demonstrates a section at our 2016 Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture:
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