multi-string slide guitar robot

Our research is motivated by a fascination of musical robots through the work of artists such as Trimpin, Eric Singer, and Felix Thorn, who are known for building various mechatronic instruments, kinetic sculptures, and installations. In our work we seek to develop new and increasingly expressive mechatronic systems for musical expression. We incorporate the best practices observed from existing musical robots and we explore 2 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION approaches to make mechatronic systems more accessible to users without the specialised knowledge that mechatronic design requires. In the musical domain, we consider it desirable to enable users with basic music technology skills, from different backgrounds (i.e. composers, performers, sound designers), to interface and create with these devices