automatic rock band player

[Neil.Pate]

hey peeps,

Am think of a new pet project. Using LV (with vision, something I have not touched on before) to make an automatic guitar hero or rock band playing robot.

I figure there is a resonable bit of work in this, the hardest part for me will probably be the mechanical interface with the guitar, I have no experience at all for this kind of thing.

Anybody done anything similar?

n

[jcarmody]

In a similar expirement, fourteen years ago, my wife and I made what turned out to be a Guitar-Hero-playing boy.  The hardest part of that has been, in recent years, paying for the food he eats.

Have you seen similar projects on YouTube?  I wonder if you might be able to decode the video signal and simulate the guitar controller rather than using vision and mechanical actuators.  That would be nearly as cool as the one my wife and I made, and would cost a lot less. Perhaps cooler.

Message Edited by jcarmody on 08-28-2009 05:04 PM

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

nrp-

This was already done, just a few weeks ago I saw a video, I think it was on the Developer Zone.

You want to to search around to get some ideas.

-AK2DM

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

nrp-

Alas, here it is!

http://vishots.com/2008/03/30/slashbot-the-guitar-hero-robot-using-labview-and-fpga/

-AK2DM

[Neil.Pate]

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jcarmody wrote:

In a similar expirement, fourteen years ago, my wife and I made what turned out to be a Guitar-Hero-playing boy.  The hardest part of that has been, in recent years, paying for the food he eats.

Have you seen similar projects on YouTube?  I wonder if you might be able to decode the video signal and simulate the guitar controller rather than using vision and mechanical actuators.  That would be nearly as cool as the one my wife and I made, and would cost a lot less. Perhaps cooler.

Message Edited by jcarmody on 08-28-2009 05:04 PM

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🙂

I think I ought to get permission from my girlfriend for the type of project that you got up to!

Actually didnt think of trying to decode the video signal, that looks cool too.

Message Edited by nrp on 08-29-2009 09:54 PM