multi-string slide guitar robot

grabcad

Our research is motivated by a fascination of musical robots throughthe work of artists such as Trimpin, Eric Singer, and Felix Thorn, who areknown for building various mechatronic instruments, kinetic sculptures,and installations. In our work we seek to develop new and increasinglyexpressive mechatronic systems for musical expression. We incorporatethe best practices observed from existing musical robots and we explore2CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTIONapproaches to make mechatronic systems more accessible to users without the specialised knowledge that mechatronic design requires. In themusical domain, we consider it desirable to enable users with basic musictechnology skills, from different backgrounds (i.e. composers, performers,sound designers), to interface and create with these devices