Development of an anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-3RII

Author

Takanishi, Atsuo ; Sonehara, Mitsuharu ; Kondo, Hayato

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

4-8 Nov 1996

Firstpage

37

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the mechanism on human´s flute playing from engineering view point. To accomplish this purpose, the authors developed an anthropomorphic flautist robot WF-3RII (Waseda Flutist No.3 Refined II), which reproduces the functions of human organs: a respiratory system, a playing attitude control mechanism, fingers, a mouth, a throat, a tongue, etc. WF-3RII realized the musical performance, “Mozart W.A., Flute Quartets KV 298” with MIDI tone generator module accompaniment. This work is a part of the “Humanoid Project” being done in Waseda University

Keywords

music; musical instruments; robots; Flute Quartets KV 298; Humanoid Project; Mozart WA; WF-3RII; Waseda Flutist No.3 Refined II; anthropomorphic flautist robot; anthropomorphic flutist robot; fingers; mouth; playing attitude control mechanism; respiratory system; throat; tongue; Anthropomorphism; Electrical equipment industry; Humanoid robots; Humans; Instruments; Mechanical engineering; Production; Refining; Service robots; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems '96, IROS 96, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3213-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.1996.570624

Filename

570624