{"74068":{"#nid":"74068","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology Debuts Robotic Musical Companion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/research-projects\/travis\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ETravis\u003C\/a\u003E, the Center for Music Technology\u0027s new robotic musical companion, made its debut at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dld-conference.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDigital Life Design\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Conference in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dldtelaviv.com\/festival.ehtml\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETel Aviv, Israel\u003C\/a\u003E. The smart-phone enabled robotic musician is designed to respond to and enhance listeners\u0027 musical experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped in collaboration with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/milab.idc.ac.il\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMedia Innovation Lab at IDC Herzliya\u003C\/a\u003E, Travis is controlled by an Android phone utilizing its built in sensing and music generation capabilities. This allows easy development of additional custom mobile apps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgGvArz1X40\u0026amp;feature=player_embedded\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst application\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;developed for Travis allows the robot to listen to and analyze rhythms played by humans, and respond by choosing songs with similar beat and tempo from the phone music library. The robot then dances to the music using a set of expressive gestures that fit the desired tempo and genre. Future functionalities will include expressive search and discovery, interactive improvisation, gaming and educational applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESmart-phone enabled robotic musician responds to and enhances listeners\u0027 musical experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-12-13 10:17:38","changed_gmt":"2022-05-25 15:38:57","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74067":{"id":"74067","type":"image","title":"Travis the Robot","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46","alt":"Travis the Robot","file":{"fid":"193761","name":"travis_robot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/travis_robot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/travis_robot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":175402,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/travis_robot_0.jpg?itok=c151Gnux"}}},"media_ids":["74067"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1936","name":"Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"15339","name":"robotic musician"},{"id":"167096","name":"school of music"},{"id":"15338","name":"travis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}