Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
Photo: Bart van Overbeeke Heqiu Song defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Industrial Design on November 28th. Practice makes perfect. But getting a child to practice the musical instrument they are learning can be an uphill battle. This prompted TU/e researcher Heqiu Song to design a music buddy. She saw that when children had a humanoid robot with them, they were able to spend more time motivated on their music practice. Music teachers and parents, too, are enthusiastic about the encouraging effect of the music robot. "Wow, that was great! I'd love to hear it one more time.
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