The Kinetic Xylophone: An interactive musical instrument embedding motorized mallets
Chang Geun Oh, Jaeheung Park · 2013
The Kinetic Xylophone is an interactive instrument, which plays music with motorized mallets by gestures from spectators. This instrument consists of fourteen metallic tubes, and reacts through embedded infra-red sensors with spectators. Those distance signals trigger the rotation of mallet attached to motors. Spectators can easily perform music with this installation by hand-waving gestures instead of grabbing mallets. Thus, this kinetic art work can also be performed by children, and persons with disabilities.