A new study reveals the potential of a soft robo-glove in helping stroke patients to relearn dexterous tasks like playing music. Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the EU, affecting around 1.1 ...

Are we human, or are we… robots? “Maybe Happy Ending,” a Korean musical now making its Broadway debut, asks this exact question — or in some ways, asks the inverse. It examines what it means to be ...

Although many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a virtuoso like ...

Marcus Choi, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron and Darren Criss of the Broadway musical "Maybe Happy Ending," photographed at the Belasco Theater in New York. (Justin Jun Lee / For The Times) A line in "Maybe ...

Swedish composer Fredrik Gran programs robotic arms to play bowed instruments like the cello and double bass. He also plays duets with the robots, blurring the lines between the musician and the music ...

Moritz Simon Geist sees his “Sonic Robots” not simply as an end in themselves, but a way to make new music and change how listeners engage with it. To upgrade techno, this engineer plays his own ...

It’s sci-fi meets rom-com: “Her,” “The Last Five Years,” “50 First Dates,” and “Hadestown” combined, with some hints of “Black Mirror.” Plus, there’s a classic road trip and some great “robots ...

A line in "Maybe Happy Ending" describes the lives of fireflies, the once-ubiquitous insects that magically produce their own light. "They only live for two months. But what a beautiful two months." ...