Voice Coil Actuators for Percussion Robotics

Robert Van Rooyen, Andrew Schloss, and George Tzanetakis

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2017
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Pages: 1–6
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176149 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

Percussion robots have successfully used a variety of actuator technologies to activate a wide array of striking mechanisms. Popular types of actuators include solenoids and DC motors. However, the use of industrial strength voice coil actuators provides a compelling alternative given a desirable set of heterogeneous features and requirements that span traditional devices. Their characteristics such as high acceleration and accurate positioning enable the exploration of rendering highly accurate and expressive percussion performances.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{rrooyen2017,
 abstract = {Percussion robots have successfully used a variety of actuator technologies to activate a wide array of striking mechanisms. Popular types of actuators include solenoids and DC motors. However, the use of industrial strength voice coil actuators provides a compelling alternative given a desirable set of heterogeneous features and requirements that span traditional devices.  Their characteristics such as high acceleration and accurate positioning enable the exploration of rendering highly accurate and expressive percussion performances.},
 address = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
 author = {Robert Van Rooyen and Andrew Schloss and George Tzanetakis},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176149},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {1--6},
 publisher = {Aalborg University Copenhagen},
 title = {Voice Coil Actuators for Percussion Robotics},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2017/nime2017_paper0001.pdf},
 year = {2017}
}