Human-robot musical interaction typically consists of independent, physically-separated agents. We developed Cyther - a human-playable, self-tuning robotic zither – to allow a human and a robot to interact cooperatively through the same physical medium to generate music. The resultant co-dependence creates new responsibilities, roles, and expressive possibilities for human musicians. We describe some of these possibilities in the context of both technical features and artistic implementations of the system.

Creator

• Carvalho, Paulo
• Barton, Scott
• Prihar, Ethan

Keyword

• Music Computing
• Sound Computing
• Applied Computing
• Musical Instruments
• Robotics

Date created

• 2017-05

Resource type

• Article

Event

• New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2017

Extent

• 6 pages

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2020-09-22