By Samuel Markwick and Matt Zoner

For Musical Robotics B2022

The (not)Pyrophone robot is an attempted emulation of a pyrophone. The robot will accomplish the emulation by using glass tubing and LED strip lights to match the appearance of a pyrophone and a striking mechanism that will resemble the sound created from the vibrations. The robot will consist of thirteen tubes tuned between notes C4-C5. The robot will use a striking mechanism to excite these thirteen tubes, creating sound and eventually music. This is the first iteration of the project and was constructed using copper pipes instead glass tubing, and has a rectangular design instead of the intended circular design.