Let the Music Play

sercos turns machines into musicians. A robotic guitarist had its big debut at the Hannover Messe trade show at the beginning of this year. Now a keyboarder has joined the band. The robotic musicians were developed and constructed by students at the University of Stuttgart with the assistance of the Institute for Control Engineering and Bosch Rexroth. The keyboarder has two hands, each with 16 fingers. They move across the keyboard on separate rails, allowing them to cross each other. To exactly hit the keys, fast horizontal movements with precise stops were a special challenge. The students installed Bosch Rexroth linear inverters, IndraDrive CS drives and bus couplers. The complex sequences are coordinated by the sercos automation bus.

The keyboarder and guitarist will be appearing together at several exhibitions: