New marimba-playing robot can create its own music using artificial intelligence New marimba-playing robot can create its own music using artificial intelligence In A First, Scientists Have Developed A Marimba-playing Robot That Uses Artificial Intelligence To Create Its Own Music. PTI | Updated on: 18 Jun 2017, 04:53:54 PM Washington: A marimba-playing robot that uses artificial intelligence to create its own music have been developed by scientists, taking inspiration from the works of musicians like Beethoven and Mozart. The robot with four arms and eight sticks writes and plays its own compositions on a marimba, using a database of well-known pop, classical and jazz artists.