robotic drum?

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hi, wondering if you folks can help me with this--

i'm trying to figure out a way i can use the arduino to trigger some kind of mechanism to hit a drum with a drum stick for an installation type thing that i'm working on. i can handle the programming part of it, but i don't know much about robotics or what kind of mechanism would be necessary to grip the drum stick and then strike the head. any ideas???

thanks!

-ryan

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You can probably achieve this by using a solenoid.

Solenoids are electromagnets that can move an arm or a lever when a current is passing throug it.
You can find info on how to do this in the playground here:

http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/SolenoidTutorial

MikMo

EDIT: Check this YouTube video solenoid concert - YouTube