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MBot musical robotics |
Personnel
Bill
Crowther , Mechanical Engineer
Bill was born in 1968 in Weybridge, Surrey and obtained a PhD in Engineering
from the University of Bath in 1995. He was appointed as lecturer in Engineering
at the University of Manchester in 1997, where he now teaches and researches
within the subject area of Aerospace Engineering. Bill started designing
and making his own wind and percussion instruments in 1988, with the goal
of eventually trying to build machines that could play these instruments
for him. Recognizing the need for collaboration between technologists and
artists to reach this goal, he established the framework for the MBot musical
robotics partnership in 1997.
Jonathan
Woolfenden , Sculptor
Jonathan Woolfenden is a sculptor whose work includes installations
based around complex mechanical mechanisms and large scale steel structures
with acoustic elements. Jonathan was born in 1966 in Glossop and graduated
from Bath Academy of Fine Art. In 1987 he founded Arch Three Studio in
Manchester where he continues to work on a variety of projects. Other works
by Jonathan in Manchester are his Fantastic Parade at the Pump House Museum
of Labour History and Nothing to Worry About, a sculpture of a First World
War Dreadnought battleship pointing into the sky.
John
Bilbo , Computer Programmer
John Bilbo is a software engineer who works for IPL in Bath, UK. John
is an experienced MIDI-based musician and computer programmer. John wrote
the original RoboDrummer and TwelveOnes software applications
Mari-Zu Okereke,
Computer Programmer
Mari-zu was born in 1969 in Stretford, Manchester and obtained a degree
in Applied Computing in 1991 from Manchester Metropolitan University. He
has previously worked as a computer graphics programmer but currently works
on Internet banking solutions for S1 Corporation, based in Manchester.
Mari-zu is an experienced C++ programmer and has a background in
MIDI-based music applications. Mari-zu developed the code for real-time
control of Stringbot No. 1.