R. Sankaranarayanan designs robotic violinist
Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan, a PhD student at Georgia Tech College of Design, has created Hathaani, a robotic violinist with an accompanying synthesizer that uses machine learning to understand, play, and even improvise in Carnatic music. Still in the research and development stage, the robot has already performed in live concerts, interacting with musicians in real time. Sankaranarayanan grew up immersed in Carnatic music in Chennai. After completing his engineering degree from SRM University, he pursued studies at MIT as a SAP Scholar. While doing his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in electrical engineering and artificial intelligence, Sankaranarayanan returned to India to devote two years entirely to music. In 2018, he came to Georgia Tech to pursue a master’s in music technology and later a PhD. He has explored other genres, but his roots bring him back to the violin and Carnatic music.
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