Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but originated from Indonesia and it has been used and played by the Sundanese since the ancient times. Angklung is played by a number of people. Three or more angklung performers will play one note and together producing complete melodies. It will be great if someone can play Angklung alone, but how?
Thankfully, our friends from Bandung have created a robot that can play Angklung by itself. They are Karismanto Rahmandika, student of 14 Junior High School Bandung and Krisna Diastama who studies in Ibnu Sina Islamic Elementary School. The robot is named Klungbot. Using Lego Mindstorm robot and LeJOS operating system, they translate musical tone into program language. This language then received by language translator which is connected through bluetooth and go to the motor.
The ideas come when Krisna saw angklung performance and feel that playing angklung is very hard. Angklung needs a lot of people and a good coordination to produce a perfect melody. With Klungbot, angklung can be played easier.
Apart of creating Klungbot which is competed in National Young Inventor by Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), Krisna have also created a music instrument player robot which is created from water filled bottle and a drum player robot. Both can play together so they can create sounds like a music symphony. What an intelligent boy!
Source: http://www.indonesiakreatif.net/index.php/id/news/read/528 (Indonesian Language)
1 comment:
Nice one. I really interest with that strange bamboo instrument.
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