Expressive musical robots : building, evaluating, and interfacing with an ensemble of mechatronic instruments : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Murphy, Jim

Expressive musical robots : building, evaluating, and interfacing with an ensemble of mechatronic instruments : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

dc.contributor.author	Murphy, Jim
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-07T19:50:00Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-07T19:50:00Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description.abstract	An increase in the number of parameters of expression on musical robots can result in an increase in their expressivity as musical instruments. This thesis focuses on the design, construction, and implementation of four new robotic instruments, each designed to add more parametric control than is typical for the current state of the art of musical robotics. The principles followed in the building of the four new instruments are scalable and can be applied to musical robotics in general: the techniques exhibited in this thesis for the construction and use of musical robotics can be used by composers, musicians, and installation artists to add expressive depth to their own works with robotic instruments. Accompanying the increase in parametric depth applied to the musical robotics is an increase in di culty in interfacing with them: robots with a greater number of actuators require more time to program. This document aims to address this problem in two ways: the use of closed-loop control for low-level adjustments of the robots and the use of a parametric encoding-equipped musical robot network to provide composers with intuitive musical commands for the robots. The musical robots introduced, described, and applied in this thesis were conceived of as musical instruments for performance and installation use by artists. This thesis closes with an exhibition of the performance and installation uses of these new robots and with a discussion of future research directions.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5990
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Massey University	en_US
dc.rights	The Author	en_US
dc.subject	Composition (Music)	en_US
dc.subject	Music	en_US
dc.subject	Musical robots	en_US
dc.subject	Mechatronic instruments	en_US
dc.subject	Mechanical musical instruments	en_US
dc.subject	Robotics	en_US
dc.subject	Data processing	en_US
dc.subject	Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Music	en_US
dc.title	Expressive musical robots : building, evaluating, and interfacing with an ensemble of mechatronic instruments : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
massey.contributor.author	Murphy, Jim	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	Massey University	en_US
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	en_US