Man still beats machine at Guitar Hero
by Kyle Orland 
{ Apr 3rd 2007 at 9:25PM }
It's a scary time to be a human. What with computers matching or improving on human performance in such diverse pursuits as chess and Wii Sports Bowling, the coming robot apocalypse may seem inevitable. But fear not, there is still one power that humans can lord over machines. I speak, of course, of the power to rock!
It's not for lack of trying on the machines' part, either. GarageGeeks' GuitarHeronoid makes a passable attempt at playing the game with its image-processing brain, human-like fingers, and shapely mannequin body. As you can see in the video below, though, the results are as of yet not terror-inspiring. More like pity-inspiring. Hey, robot, let us know when you can do better than this kid at PsychoBilly Freakout and we'll stage some sort of rock off. Until then, we'll be stockpiling E-bombs, just in case.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nushio @ Apr 3rd 2007 10:33PM
I, for one, welcome our new guitar hero overlords :P
Markusdragon @ Apr 3rd 2007 10:34PM
Judging by the images on their site, the software behind it works to quite a high success rate, but they're being let down by the animatronics.
ill trooper @ Apr 3rd 2007 11:07PM
Yeah, but there's no way that robot is ever gonna get as much ass as David Lee Roth
Rubang B @ Apr 4th 2007 1:59AM
This was already covered in the concert film Kilroy Was Here by Styx.
chalky @ Apr 7th 2007 3:27PM
frightening flashback to the robot versions of Bill and Ted in "...Bogus Journey"
naturalspringwater @ Apr 4th 2007 10:16AM
It's pretty but it's got nothing on http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/ ! Real Robots playing real instruments in a real band, and they've been at it for years