The
Grammy Award always gives unexpected performers, but all the way of Lady Gaga's
did in staples Center for a David Bowie tribute was successfully catching an attention. Yes,
everyone is talking about her moving keyboard planked
on the two moving arms. Gaga’s robotic piano moved
up as she
started to play the piano making her performance got appreciation. Gaga has
never disappointed her fan. I agree.
But, I think it is the one
that I love. Looking at her dancing piano leads me to play her performance again and again. I
cannot stop enjoying her robotic piano dancing following Gaga's hands. What
was that?
As
I looked for the Gaga's robotic keyboard, I found an interesting fact from Engadget. Gaga’s team made it by a help from a robotics who
now is working for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Andy Robot. As he followed
Gaga's idea he created program and animation to support her performance.
So, what was brought to Gaga's robotic keyboard?
Andy
Robot brought ABB's robots into Gaga’s robotic piano which you can see on the BMW that can operate at full speed and last for 30 years. What a
good unison since Andy Robot made it synchronized with the song without giving any chance to the
keyboard to tear down. An animation of a skeletal
system based worked perfectly to move the arms in and out. It was alike how the
human body system works. When our brain thinks about grabbing something, the
arms will directly move to somewhere without the elbow and the shoulders
movement as well. That's how they made the keyboard as the parent for the two
robots. That's why the robot couldn't tear down.
Andy
Robot then explained further he also calculated its risk in safety review and
ensured it to be safe to interact with a human.
Adding compliance was the biggest
problem when the two machine (hands) would not work in error. Seemed like they
did their best for its complex movement.
Well, apart from that, I think we should say “Good job!” to Gaga’s team. Still can’t wait what other
performances that Gaga’s would bring on the next occasions.





