Towards a Music Visualization on Robot (MVR) Prototype

Abstract

This paper presents a Music Visualization on Robot (MVR) prototype system which automatically links the flashlight, color and emotion of a robot through music. The MVR system is divided into three portions. Firstly, the system calculates the waiting time for a flashlight by beat tracking. Secondly, the system calculates the emotion correlated with music mood. Thirdly, the system links the color with emotion. To illustrate the prototype on a robot, the prototype implementation is based on a programmable robot called Zenbo because Zenbo has 8 LED light colors on 2 wheels and 24 face emotions to support various compositions.