Configurable Automatic Drumminc Instrument (CADI) consists of modular robotic striking arms that can be positioned to hit any object. The original version of CADI was created with Troy Rogers and Scott Barton of Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI). V1.1 was designed and built at Rutgers University.
Arduino code and design files may be found on GitHub
Compositions by Steven Kemper featuring CADI:
- Mecxpression Study 1 (2017)
- Street Meetings (2010, collaboration with EMMI)
- shadows no. 6 (2010, collaboration with dancer/composer Aurie Hsu)
- Drum Circle (2010, collaboration with EMMI)