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Is there nothing robots can't do?

Alongside fighting international grudge matches and pleasuring women , our cyber-chums are now capable of belting out a tune or two. On the bagpipes.

That's exactly what Instructables user XenonJohn has gone and built. And, judging from the amount of YouTube views he's racked up, the internet is thankful for it.

The robot is named Ardu McDuino and built from an Arduino microcontroller computer and a pair of 3D-printed prosthetic hands. Individually-articulated fingers cover the holes of the instrument to hit the notes.

(Image: XenonJohn/YouTube)

"I particularly wanted it to have 'hands' with moving fingers which played the notes and so I have used an off the shelf open source design of 3D printed prosthetic hand called a Raptor-reloaded," XenoJohn posted on the website, which caters to DIY enthusiasts in need of projects.

The current limitation of the robot is that it still requires a human to blow into the instrument. However, its creator says he's working on a new version that includes an air pump to take care of that automatically.

Footage of Ardu McDuino uploaded to YouTube over a couple of videos has been viewed over 11,000 times. Instructions for making your own version (providing you have a bit of technical ability, access to the right kit and plenty of patience) are freely available .