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Development of an Anthropomorphic Saxophone-Playing Robot

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Brain, Body and Machine

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 83))

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Our research aims to develop an anthropomorphic saxophone-playing robot; as an approach to understand the human motor control from an engineering point of view. In this paper, we present theWaseda Saxophonist Robot No. 2 (WAS-2) which is composed of 22 degrees of freedom (DOF). In particular, he functioning of the lips, fingers, tongue, oral cavity and lungs have been mechanically simulated to enable WAS-2 to play an alto saxophone. Furthermore, in order to ensure the accuracy of the air pressure control, a feed-forward control system with dead time compensation has been implemented.A set of experimentswere carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed system. From the experimental results, the range of sound pressure was increased and the air pressure control was improved.

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  1. Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Jorge Solis & Atsuo Takanishi

  2. Partner Robot Division, Toyota Motor Corporation, Aichi, Japan

    Kunimatsu Hashimoto

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering & Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Jorge Angeles

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, 3480 University Street, H3A 2A7, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Benoit Boulet  & James J. Clark  & 

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering & Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St.West, H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    József Kövecses

  4. School of Computer Science & Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, 3480 University Street, H3A 2A7, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Kaleem Siddiqi

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Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Hashimoto, K. (2010). Development of an Anthropomorphic Saxophone-Playing Robot. In: Angeles, J., Boulet, B., Clark, J.J., Kövecses, J., Siddiqi, K. (eds) Brain, Body and Machine. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16259-6_14

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