"Don Cuco El Guapo" is a pianist

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designed and built at the department of

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of the

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(UAP), Mexico in 1992. The exterior of the robot was designed by sculptor Gloria Erika Weimer and is made of a crystal clear plastic, its body is 1.97 m tall (6'5") and weighs 130 kg (290 lb). The robot has 28

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and was provided cameras for eyes. ''Don Cuco'' is capable of reading musical scores and play the music on a piano. To perform such tasks the robot required the application of frame grabbing,

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pattern recognition Pattern recognition is the task of assigning a class to an observation based on patterns extracted from data. While similar, pattern recognition (PR) is not to be confused with pattern machines (PM) which may possess PR capabilities but their p ...

and interpretation or analysis of scene. The design team of 30 faculty 20 students at UAP consisted of

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s, physicians,

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s, musicians and designers who worked 20 hours daily for six months to complete the project. The brains of the robot are based on the

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microprocessor design in 1985 by scientists and engineers of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Spain and Mexico. The

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(ALU) was designed at the department of microelectronics of the UAP. The robot has been presented and has performed in Mexico, Spain and Latin America before millions of people.

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Abstract of ''Musical Score Recognition of "Don Cuco El Guapo" Pianist Robot''
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