In 1206, Islamic engineer Al-Jazari built a floating automaton orchestra powered by water flow. Crucially, the drum machine utilized adjustable pegs on a rotating cam to change the rhythm and musical patterns, establishing the earliest historical predecessor to a programmable robotic sequence.
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