Overview
The Waseda Flutist is a robot that can play the 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. Equipped with actuators that mimic human lips, lungs, and tongue. Capable of processing visual and aural cues when playing with human musicians.
Flagship features
- Designed for emotional interaction in musical performances
- Utilizes 32-DOFs to replicate human motor control in saxophone playing
- Features advanced mechanisms for lip motion, oral cavity pressure, and tongue control to manipulate sound production
- Integrates MIDI system for performance synchronization with human musicians
- Developed in collaboration with Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University
- Benefited from software contributions by SolidWorks Japan K.K. and supported by Toyota Motor Corporation
Specifications
Category: Research- Weight
- 150 kg
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
- Launch year
- 2011
- Price
- Contact for quote
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics3
- Dof
- 43
- Hand Dof
- 19
- Dof Total
- 32
Sensors1
- Sensor Suite
- IMU,CCD_camera
Compute1
- Onboard Compute
- PC/AT compatible CPU board with D/A and digital I/O board
Other11
- Height Mm
- 1700
- Applications
- performance,research
- Datasheet Url
- View Link
- Model Variants
- WF-1,WF-2,WF-3RIX,WF-4,WF-4RIII,WF-4RIV,WF-4RIV - Visual Interaction
- Company Country
- JP
- Deployment Notes
- Research collaboration with Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University; featured in performances with musicians and dancers.
- Industries Served
- education,entertainment
- Availability Status
- inactive
- Programming Interface
- MIDI
- Additional Information
- - Designed for emotional interaction in musical performances. - Utilizes 32-DOFs to replicate human motor control in saxophone playing. - Features advanced mechanisms for lip motion, oral cavity pressure, and tongue control to manipulate sound production. - Integrates MIDI system for performance synchronization with human musicians. - Developed in collaboration with Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University. - Benefited from software contributions by SolidWorks Japan K.K. and supported by Toyota Motor Corporation.
- Deployment Environment
- indoor
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