Distributed control in a mechatronic musical instrument

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 487-490

  Gurevich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Automata; Cybernetics; Interpretation; Robot

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AMBIGUITY; AUTOMATON; DESIGN-PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED-CONTROL; INTERPRETATION; PASSIVE CONTROLLERS; PRACTICE LED RESEARCHES; RESEARCH APPROACH; ROBOTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; SHARED CONTROL;

MUSIC;

EID: 85103825340     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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