[ti:Meet Robby Megabyte, Bosnia’s First Robot Rock Band Musician]
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[00:00.04]Bosnia’s most popular rock music band, Dubioza Kolektiv,
[00:05.12]has a new member who sings and plays musical instruments
[00:10.28]— a humanoid robot called Robby Megabyte.
[00:15.64]The band wanted a robot designed to fit the idea
[00:20.04]for their new group of songs called #fakenews,
[00:24.72]which was released last year.
[00:28.72]Students from Sarajevo University’s electrical engineering school
[00:33.72]agreed to build Robby for them.
[00:37.88]“Our robot...likes to eat, drink, shout, he likes music,”
[00:43.64]said Vedran Mujagic, the band’s bass guitar player.
[00:48.88]He was most involved in designing the idea for Robby.
[00:54.92]In a video for the #fakenews album,
[00:58.68]one band member thinks it would be fun
[01:01.44]to have a robot do his work while he has fun.
[01:06.08]So, he orders one and puts it together.
[01:10.56]Soon, the whole band is replaced by robots in the video.
[01:16.36]That permits the men to go and party.
[01:19.56]But, they then get locked out of their music recording space.
[01:25.16]The robots then invite young women to dance and drink
[01:29.96]as the men look on from outside.
[01:34.40]“Every little thing is under machine control,”
[01:37.96]Robby sings in a song called “Take My Job Away.”
[01:43.44]The message - about “evil artificial intelligence
[01:47.24]which takes jobs away from good people”
[01:50.40]- is meant to be ironic, Mujagic said.
[01:55.48]Almir Besic is one of the students who helped build Robby.
[02:00.88]He said the project had been difficult because they knew nothing at first
[02:05.36]about the 3D printing needed to build the robot.
[02:10.48]They also lacked the necessary equipment.
[02:14.24]The students used recycled materials to make the platform
[02:19.16]on which Robby moves.
[02:21.44]It took them about two years to complete the project.
[02:27.32]Besic said, when Robby finally came to life,
[02:31.04]it was very exciting “after so much effort,
[02:34.68]so many hours spent working in the school to see that it works.”
[02:41.12]The band Dubioza Kolektiv is known for its wide mix of musical styles
[02:46.84]and social and political song lyrics.
[02:51.84]Robby took part in the band’s weekly online performances
[02:56.56]called “Quarantine Show” during restrictions put in place last year
[03:01.76]to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
[03:05.84]I’m Jonathan Evans. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM