TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a new anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4
AU - Chida, Keisuke
AU - Okuma, Isamu
AU - Isoda, Shuzo
AU - Saisu, Yukako
AU - Wakamatsu, Kunimitsu
AU - Nishikawa, Kazufumi
AU - Solis, Jorge
AU - Takanobu, Hideaki
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
PY - 2004/7/5
Y1 - 2004/7/5
N2 - Since 1990, we have been developing anthropomorphic flutist robots which are mechanically similar to human organs needed for playing the flute. The goal of this research is to clarify the flute playing mechanism from an engineering point of view and to enable the communication with humans at emotional level. The control of the air beam parameters for obtaining & good sound is very important. Such parameters are related mainly to the lips shape and its relative position respect to the flute embouchure hole. Then, the newest version of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4 has been implemented by improving the design of each part of the robot (lips, lungs, neck, etc.). This new version has succeeded in the improvement of the flute sound quality and the sound conversion efficiency. In this paper, we describe the mechanical features of the WF-4 and the experiments done for evaluating its musical performance.
AB - Since 1990, we have been developing anthropomorphic flutist robots which are mechanically similar to human organs needed for playing the flute. The goal of this research is to clarify the flute playing mechanism from an engineering point of view and to enable the communication with humans at emotional level. The control of the air beam parameters for obtaining & good sound is very important. Such parameters are related mainly to the lips shape and its relative position respect to the flute embouchure hole. Then, the newest version of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4 has been implemented by improving the design of each part of the robot (lips, lungs, neck, etc.). This new version has succeeded in the improvement of the flute sound quality and the sound conversion efficiency. In this paper, we describe the mechanical features of the WF-4 and the experiments done for evaluating its musical performance.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:3042533958
VL - 2004
SP - 152
EP - 157
JO - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
JF - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SN - 1050-4729
IS - 1
T2 - Proceedings- 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Y2 - 26 April 2004 through 1 May 2004
ER -