Team 1986 introduces our new Guitar Hero Robot

[McGurky]

awesome awesome awesome!!!!

This is the dream off season project for any team!!!

great job guys!!!

[Uberbots]

indeed impressive, and it looks professional at that! im guessing this wast a cheap piece of hardware

how does it do when there is no discernible separation between the notes? (see: knights of cydonia)

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

indeed impressive, and it looks professional at that! im guessing this wast a cheap piece of hardware

how does it do when there is no discernible separation between the notes? (see: knights of cydonia)

I wouldn't call it cheap, but at least within our means.

Adjacent notes such as in Knights of Cydonia are a problem, and the robot cannot play them. Simply no way to see them with no separation. My understanding is that the NI bot and other bots have the same issue, but I do not know for sure where they are with that. We have a short "I can't play that as well" list.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by McGurky

awesome awesome awesome!!!!

This is the dream off season project for any team!!!

great job guys!!!

No no no! The dream off season project is a Guitar Hero playing T-shirt cannon with crab drive!

[Dillon Carey]

I want to see someone modify a guitar so instead of hitting the keys externally it shorts the wires internally, then hide all other electronics necessary inside the guitar. then mount the camera somewhere, like on the ceiling, where no one would see it. Then play against people and just hit random buttons, and still win.

[delsaner]

This is probably the most epic robot that I have ever seen. Its quite amazing what FIRSTers will do next...

I know some guys in my school that would LOVE to play against this robot.

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The dream off season project is a Guitar Hero playing T-shirt cannon with crab drive!

Why stop there???

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by delsaner

I know some guys in my school that would LOVE to play against this robot.

We are hoping that will be the case for a lot of people when we take it out for fundraising.

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

We are hoping that will be the case for a lot of people when we take it out for fundraising.

It kinda like a modern day Deep Blue, except it plays Guitar Hero. Awesome job!

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by JoshD

It kinda like a modern day Deep Blue, except it plays Guitar Hero. Awesome job!

Funny you should mention that. One of the existing guitar hero robots out there is called "Deep Note," named obviously after the famous chess playing computer Deep Blue. It is one of those that I mentioned which takes some short-cuts in our opinion. It attaches photo-sensors directly to the screen, and outputs electrical signals directly to the guitar. It has had its share of publicity, and touts its own web site, but we think our genuine TV-watching, guitar playing robot is much more interesting.

Here it is: http://mechanizedrock.com/

This makes me proud to be an alumni of 1986, and a reason I come back for more.

[LWakefield]

That is awesome. It looks better then the one a nationals.

[jspatz1]

The robot was featured today on a local TV station...the link is below. We are having fun sharing it with our school and community.

http://www.kctv5.com/video/20986818/index.html

and in another segment here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPz1nmK9Dbs

[abrown128]

I would like to see it attempt Through the Fire and flames.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by abrown128

I would like to see it attempt Through the Fire and flames.

We have had lots of questions/requests about TTFATF. This was sort of discussed earlier in this thread, although they were asking about Knights of Cydonia. We have to admit that the the bot has trouble with songs that have lots of zero-separation notes like TTFATF-expert. Simply can't distinguish the notes with no separation. As I mentioned earlier I believe the NI and other GH bots have the same issue, but we can't really speak for them. So yes, it could play it, but would lose to a good player. If its any consolation, he CAN play TTFATF-HARD!

[texarkana]

Holy cow, this is awesome. Can't believe I didn't find this on CD before now. I would REALLY like the chance to see this in person. Any chance you will bring it to Atlanta?