A growing body of work on musical haptics focuses on vibrotactile feedback, while musical
applications of force feedback, though more than four decades old, are sparser. This paper …

The field of musical robotics presents an interesting case study of the intersection between
creativity and robotics. While the potential for machines to express creativity represents an …

In the last few decades, robots have fostered unique possibilities for musical performance
and composition, allowing novel interactions with musicians and memorable experiences for …

Incremental robotic sheet forming is used to fabricate a novel cymbal shape based on
models of geometric chaos for stadium shaped boundaries. This provides a proof-ofconcept …

Recent developments in music technology have enabled novel timbres to be acoustically
synthesized using various actuation and excitation methods. Utilizing recent work in …

Robotic musicianship, in special robotic percussion, is becoming increasingly relevant as
electronic and mechanical parts are becoming cheap and ubiquitous. The construction of a …

A percussion performance by a skilled musician will often extend beyond a written score in
terms of expressiveness. This assertion is clearly evident when comparing a human …

This thesis explores the design and development of digitally extended, electro-acoustic (EA)
pitched percussion instruments, and their use in novel, multi-media performance contexts …