This article provides a history of robotic guitars and bass guitars as well as a discussion of
the design, construction, and evaluation of two new robotic chordophones, with a focus on …

Up to now, different kinds of musical performance robots (MPRs) have been developed.
MPRs are designed to closely reproduce the required motor skills displayed by humans in …

This paper provides a history of robotic guitars and bass guitars as well as a discussion of
the design, construction, and evaluation of two new robotic instruments. Throughout the …

This paper describes the design, construction, analysis, and performance use of Swivel, a
new robotic slide guitar system. The guitar makes use of novel robotic actuation techniques …

The research on Music Playing-Instrument Humanoid Robots (MP-HRs) has a long tradition
in the research field of robotics since the development of the humanoid pianist robot WABOT …

Technology improvements trigger innovations in modern culture, and these concepts evolve
into more advanced versions of the original. This deepens our understanding and …

This paper presents the first qualitative user study focusing on composers' experiences in
working with musical robots. Increasingly complicated mechatronic musical instruments …