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Platforms—Georgia Tech’s Robotic Musicians

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In Chap. 1 we surveyed a wide range of sound production mechanisms that could allow musical robots to play percussive, stringed, wind, non-traditional and augmented musical instruments.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Thanks to Marek Michaelowski for pointing out this last insight.

  2. 2.

    http://zildjian.com/Products/Drumsticks-and-Mallets/Maple-Series/Maple-Mini-Ball.

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Gil Weinberg

  2. Novato, CA, USA

    Mason Bretan

  3. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Guy Hoffman

  4. Atlanta, GA, USA

    Scott Driscoll

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Weinberg, G., Bretan, M., Hoffman, G., Driscoll, S. (2020). Platforms—Georgia Tech’s Robotic Musicians. In: Robotic Musicianship. Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38930-7_2

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