Ponytrap is a viola, cello, and a massive robot drummer. Designed, built, and programmed by Quentin and Hilary Thomas-Oliver, this massive, thunderous machine reads music and runs on 4 auto batteries. It is powerful, portable, and off-the-shelf.

Ponytrap is a band, a robotics installation, and a hands-on maker presentation all rolled into one. Ponytrap features a nearly 5 meter tall drumming robot named MAX that runs on batteries and reads music. MAX and Ponytrap are a dynamic show and an exciting, educational maker experience.

“Ponytrap treats audiences to chamber music for the age of electricity, at once intimate and thundering, rigid and fluid, classical and industrial.”
– CultureMap Austin