Autonomous Robot Dancing Synchronized to Musical Rhythmic Stimuli

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

santiago, cb (Author) Other; oliveira, jl (Author) Other; reis, lp (Author) FEUP; sousa, a (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: SISTEMAS E TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACAO, VOL I

Pages: 781-786

6th Iberian Information Systems and Technologies Conference

Chaves, PORTUGAL, JUN 15-18, 2011

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FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-002-WDF

Abstract (EN): This paper presents a system that is able to control in real time a humanoid robot to perform dance movements to the rhythm of a music. The movements' coordination is performed with the aid of a music analyzer that estimates the beat of the music and calculates a prediction of the next inter-beat-interval (IBI). During the robot dancing performance, a dance movement is chosen from a pre-defined dance library and is executed on-the-fly by the robot. The movements' velocity, as well as the attended metrical-level, are adjusted in real time so that the movement can be executed within the time interval of two beats, and at the same time taking into consideration the robot motor-rates limitations. Results evince a good synchrony of the movement towards the analyzed rhythm, but points to the need of a careful design of the dance movements so they can be naturally executed on time.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6