Thank goodness someone built a robot that can play Rock Band on the iPhone. I was getting worried sick about it. Joe Bowers writes:
Rock Band has been released on the iPhone, and even though its a lot of fun, I would rather have something play it for me. Preferably a robot! The light sensor sends data to an Arduino, which is waiting for a spike in the data. The Arduino runs the sensor data through some averaging filters, and sets a threshold for on and off. The iPhone touch screen isn't like most PDAs. It uses a capacitive touch screen. I had some conductive foam laying around, its usually used for shipping sensitive electronics. If I used something non conductive, like a plastic pen, the foam would do nothing to the screen. My solution to this was to put thin copper wires into the foam (I also used these wires to attach the foam to the servos)... Add all of the above together into a modified Pelican case, with a lot of hot glue (non glittery) and you have a robot that will gladly beat all your difficult songs, sit back and sip some fine tea.I love the ghostly sound of Blondie playing in the video.
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god why did I even watch that whole video?
no robot can simulate all the grunting and sweating
maybe because that horrible grinding sound of the motor drowns out the horrible sound of that song.
So, if it's a robot with sensors and a program written to react properly, why didn't it get a perfect score?
Strange what some people do with their time! Seems a bit pointless getting a robot to play something that is supposed to be entertaining to do yourself..
siphoner1: Perhaps he had more fun with it this way, kind of how some people find the packing material more entertaining than the ordered contents of a package. :P *pops more bubble wrap*
someone really has too much time on their hands bit sad