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Waseda Flutist
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The Waseda Flutist is a robot that can play a flute just like a human can. It has lungs, a mouth, and a tongue that are closely modeled on human organs, and it's technically proficient, albeit robotic.
- Creator
- Waseda University
- Country
- Japan π―π΅
- Year
- 2011
- Type
- Humanoids, Research
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Did You Know?
The full name of the robot is Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined VI, or WF-4RVI. |
The robot can track the fingers of a human musician and change its own playing to match. |
The Waseda Flutist can also act as an instructor, providing feedback to human students to help them improve. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- Equipped with actuators that mimic human lips, lungs, and tongue. Capable of processing visual and aural cues when playing with human musicians.
- HEIGHT
- 170 cm | 66.9 in
- LENGTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WIDTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WEIGHT
- 150 kg | 330.7 lb
- SPEED
- N/A km/h | N/A mph
- SENSORS
- Two CCD cameras, air pressure sensor, air flow sensor, optical encoders, force sensors, microphone.
- ACTUATORS
- DC motors, AC motors, and a harmonic drive.
- POWER
- N/A
- COMPUTING
- Three computers (one for controlling the robot, one for generating the accompaniment MIDI data, and one for processing data from the CCD cameras).
- SOFTWARE
- Linux OS. Custom control software.
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- 41
- MATERIALS
- Oral cavity, vocal cord, and lips made of Septon thermoplastic rubber; tip of the tongue mechanism made of gel; lung system made of acrylic; fingertips made of RTV silicone rubber.
- COST
- N/A
- STATUS
- Ongoing
- WEBSITE
- http://www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp