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Based on principles from modern artificial intelligence and robotics, we developed the RoboMusic concept. In RoboMusic, we use a number of robotic devices as instruments, and the tunes are composed as a behavior-based system. The music artist composes a baseline behavior for the robotic instruments, and composes the behavioral response to interactions by human musicians. The music artist is transformed from a composer of static music tunes to a developer of robot behavior: behavior that is expressed by the robotic system as music pieces. Music compositions are transformed to become robotic behavior as in a behavior-based system. A RoboMusic concert is performed with robotic instruments, and changes the concept of live concerts by inviting the audience to interact with the band’s instruments themselves and thereby guide the live performance of the music themselves.
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Lund, H.H., Ottesen, M. RoboMusic: a behavior-based approach. Artif Life Robotics 12, 18–23 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-007-0497-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-007-0497-x