Refining the flute sound production of the Waseda flutist robot the mechanical design of the artificial organs involved during the flute playing

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-540

  Solis, Jorge ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a   Ninomiya, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuro ^a   Takanishi, Atsuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Music

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BENCHMARKING; CLARIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; MOTORS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFINING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVES; HUMAN MOTOR CONTROLS; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HUMANOID ROBOTS; MECHANICAL DESIGNS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; MUSICAL EXPRESSIONS; MUSICAL PERFORMANCES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SOUND PRODUCTIONS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 58249083756     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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