DocumentCode :
2504270
Title :
Research and development of an automatic violin player
Author :
Huang, Hsing-Hsin
Author_Institution :
Ming-Hsin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hsinchu
fYear :
2008
fDate :
25-27 June 2008
Firstpage :
3224
Lastpage :
3229
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to build an automatic violin player. There are two stages of this research. First, we developed the mechanical fingering and bowing skills by studying the structure of a violin. Based on the results, we designed the basic automatic control mechanisms. The second stage of this research is to build the automatic violin player. This automatic player consists of two mechanical systems. The first system is the bowing mechanism, which is able to control the bowing velocity and force. The second system is the violin control mechanism. This system can rotate the violin to a specific angle to coordinate with the string-changing movement of the bow. It also possesses a fingering device, which is able to press on several fixed positions in correspondence with the notes of the music. The automatic violin player utilizes a PC-based controller, and is able to play a song by the sequential commands.
Keywords :
mechanical control equipment; musical instruments; PC-based controller; automatic control mechanism; automatic player; automatic violin player; bowing mechanism; bowing skills; bowing velocity; fingering device; mechanical fingering; mechanical system; research and development; string-changing movement; violin control mechanism; Automatic control; Automation; Control systems; Force control; Humans; Intelligent control; Mechanical systems; Motion analysis; Research and development; Robots; Automatic violin player; automation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2008. WCICA 2008. 7th World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2113-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2114-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2008.4594491
Filename :
4594491
Link To Document :
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