Waseda Flutist WF-4RVI

Model: WF-4RVI

Waseda Flutist WF-4RVI (Waseda Flutist No.4 Refined VI) is Waseda University's stationary anthropomorphic flute-playing research platform completed in 2010. Mechanical lungs, lips, tongue, fingers and arms reproduce the human organs involved in flute performance, while vision and hearing support interaction with human musicians. A Waseda doctoral thesis specifies approximately 1.6 m height and 41 total degrees of freedom. It has no walking system and was not commercially sold as a humanoid robot.