Project Title: Interactive Solar Guitar
Requirments:
-Entirely solar powered
-Self-contained (setup may include guitar case)
-Will play autonomously given enough power (light)
-Will allow for interaction via flashlight "batons"
-Some way to adjust pitch or fret string on at least one string to approximate melodic component
-Drone ability
-Guitar should still be able to fit into case for transportation
Assumptions:
-Guitar will be a standard acoustic guitar
-An open tuning will be used
-Aesthetics of guitar should be minimally impacted by robotic additions (except maybe the solar panels, which look cool)
-Use Beam style solar engines to power pager motors in order to accomplish picking
This should be a fun one. I have always wanted to make a musical device that uses some of the principles of BEAM Robotics. I will use an factory reject acoustic guitar that I was able to aquire. You can see in the picture that it has some writing on the body. It says "D-form... bad neck angle", but I don't think the neck angle is going to make a whole lot of difference to me in this application. I am just getting started with experimenting with which solar engines, motors and panels to use. I will post updates as my expermenting, planning and building continue.
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