Tired
of being creatively bound by previous assignments to tank bots and line
following robots to appease unreasonably unimaginitive cs148 TA's, we
decided to embark on a creative journey to develop a project that stimulates
and involves more of the human senses. This was the birth of the Ukelele
Playing Robot.
For those
of you who want to try this at home:
1 ukelele imported from hawaii
2 bricks imported from Bryant
5 motors
5lbs. of legos
2 ft of masking tape
We have 4 "fingers", one on each string that can move across 4 different frets and an open position. Each finger is driven by a motor and there are 2 motors per brick. The fingers move in unison and report back when they have finished moving. Then the strum motor strums the strings according to the pattern specified.
The robot can accept any song written in its file format.
