Arduino Drum Installation

Arduino Drum Installation

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Collaborators:

Jorge Tubella

Hadi Alhaffar

Samuel  Joseph Morris

Juan Maurico Garcia

Federico Bonacossa

Randy Sarafan, Actuator System Designer

 

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Facilities:

Robotics & Digital Fabrication Lab

Music Department

Computer Science

 

 

This project demonstrates the use of small robotics including Arduino boards and actuators to play an algorithmic music piece written for percussion instruments at the speed which would be difficult for humans to play.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using an Arduino Uno and a robust circuit, we were able to develop a drum set that can be played with by inputing various values into the Arduino IDE. The program is written in C++. The drum sticks are moved using multiple actuators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We learned how to work with the Arduino Uno, C++ and circuit design in order to develop a complex robot. The team also gained valuable experienced debugging hardware issues.