Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan, a student at Georgia Tech, finishing up his Ph.D. in machine learning and robotics, has built an AI-powered robot violinist that can skillfully play songs. Why? The student already has over 200 album and film soundtrack credits to his name, so he decided to merge his two passions.
The robot consists of two parts: the brain and the body. The former contains all of the mechanical systems that require algorithms to move accurately, including sliders and actuators that convert electric signals into motion to produce the sound of music. Its “brain” is simply algorithms that enable the robot to understand and generate music.
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I always wanted to integrate technology, music, and robotics because I love computers and machines that can move. There’s been little research on Indian music from a technological perspective, and the AI and music industries largely focus on Western music. This bias is something I wanted to address,” said Sankaranarayanan.
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