Open AccessThamRobot: An Automated Robotic System to Play Thammattama
Author(s) -
M.A.S.T Goonatilleke,
B Hettige
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of computer applications technology and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2319-8656
DOI - 10.7753/ijcatr1011.1004
Subject(s) - drum , computer science , face (sociological concept) , simulation , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , engineering , social science , sociology
Sri Lanka has a precious traditional drum music culture that is mainly based on traditional drums. At present, this drum culture is in decline due to a lack of talented drum players. As a result, many Buddhist temples are facing a serious and tragic problem. This article presents the design and implementation of a robotic system named ThamRobot contains two robotic arms that were designed to play pre-programmed three drum tunes of the Thammattama correctly and efficiently like a drum player without any intervention of a human. In the research, nine major characteristics factors of the Thammattama such as music notes, drum locations, approximate stress, frequencies, pitch, drum type, number of sticks, playing technique, distance from stick to drum face were identified. The entire system is comprised of four main modules named motion module, user-operation module, processing module, power supply module. Finally, the system has been tested in a laboratory environment and encouraging results were obtained.