Title :
The Kinetic Xylophone: An interactive musical instrument embedding motorized mallets
Author :
Chang Geun Oh ; Jaeheung Park
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Convergence Sci. & Technol., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
The Kinetic Xylophone is an interactive instrument, which plays music with motorized mallets by gestures from spectators. This instrument consists of fourteen metallic tubes, and reacts through embedded infra-red sensors with spectators. Those distance signals trigger the rotation of mallet attached to motors. Spectators can easily perform music with this installation by hand-waving gestures instead of grabbing mallets. Thus, this kinetic art work can also be performed by children, and persons with disabilities.
Keywords :
art; gesture recognition; handicapped aids; image sensors; infrared detectors; interactive systems; music; musical instruments; embedded infrared sensors; hand-waving gestures; interactive musical instrument; kinetic art work; kinetic xylophone; mallet rotation; metallic tubes; motorized mallets; persons-with-disabilities; Art; Electron tubes; Instruments; Kinetic theory; Music; Robots; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
RO-MAN, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Gyeongju
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628429
