Musical Articulation System on Humanoid Saxophonist Robot

Lin, Jia Yeu; Kawai, Mao; Matsuki, Kei; Cosentino, Sarah; Sessa, Salvatore; Takanishi, Atsuo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78963-7_49

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“…The oral cavity and lips are made of Septon, a styrene thermoplastic elastomer developed by Kuraray whose elastic characteristics can be customized as needed by changing the ratio of its reactants. In previous works, the elastic characteristics of human oral cavity and lips were measured while playing a saxophone, and the Septon used for the robot was customized to obtain similar characteristics [11]. Fig.…”

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Development of Performance System With Musical Dynamics Expression on Humanoid Saxophonist Robot

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Kawai

Nishio

et al. 2019

IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett.

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Talented musicians can deliver a powerful emotional experience to the audience by skillfully modifying several musical parameters, such as dynamics, articulation, and tempo. Musical robots are expected to control those musical parameters in the same way to give the audience an experience comparable to listening to a professional human musician. But practical control of those parameters depends on the type of musical instrument being played. In this study, we describe our newly developed music dynamics control system for the Waseda Anthropomorphic Saxophonist robot. We first built a physical model for the saxophone reed motion and verified the dynamics-related parameters of the overall robot-saxophone system. We found that the magnitude of air flow is related to the sound pressure level, as expected, but also that the lower lip is critical to the sound stability. Accordingly, we then implemented a music dynamics control system for the robot and succeeded in enabling the robot to perform a music piece with different sound pressure levels. Index Terms-Entertainment robotics, human-centered robotics, humanoid robots. I. INTRODUCTION M USIC is a social activity that can powerfully influence large groups of people. A skillful musician can elicit powerful emotions in the audience by careful modulation of several different musical parameters, such as dynamics, tempo, articulation and pitch [1]. In the emerging field of entertainment robotics, musical robots are attracting attention for their multiuser interactive experience potential [2]. With their musical performance abilities, these robots are expected to entertain and interact with a large crowd.

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confidence: 99%