MahaDeviBot is the oldest bot in KarmetiK’s Machine Orchestra. It is a percussion robot utilizing many world music percussion instruments.
MahaDeviBot serves as a model and as a proof-of-concept robot for various methods of solenoid-based electromechanical percussion techniques. MahaDeviBot has an assortment of twelve traditional Indian percussion instruments, including four frame drums, finger cymbals, a gong, several sets of bells, and wood blocks. MahaDeviBot also features a bouncing anthropomorphic head attached to a spring-loaded solenoid to convey tempo.
Ajay Kapur
Mentors: Trimpin , Eric Singer
2006
