Richard Savery

Keirzo

Developing new robotic musicians

In January 2022 I started as a Macquarie University Research Fellow, with the goal of developing new robotic musicians, continuing my research exploring AI, creativity, music and robotics.

My primary focus is the development of Keirzo, a new robot for rapping and drumming. You can see all the details on Keirzo at the robot’s website https//www.keirzo.com or check out some demos below.

Freestyle Rap Exchange

Keirzo is able to rap for any length of time with humans of any musical skill level, from professional rappers to non-musicians. Responding back to input phrases, rap, or just single words, Keirzo produces an original rap in real-time along with a groove. Check out the demo below.

60 Second Composition

One of Keirzo’s current features is to generate a 1 minute composition - a bass line, chords, harmony lines and lyrics - and then play and rap the new composition.

A human inputs three words, in the video below it was ‘music’, ‘drums’ and ‘future’. Audio files are then given to the musicians (or played back through speakers).