Marcel Baum said:
Moving the motors to the guitarbody would allow to run the system with a
single controller and eliminate the serial communication line between body
and headstock.
I wonder if this gibson has got a separate channel for it , or if the find
a lumen inside the trussrod for a thin cable.
Have you ever tried to use a floyd rose mechanics and to motorize its
intonation screws?
All this was just ideas. I haven't done any real work on it or even any
thorough analysis. I have other ideas for improving a guitar too and one
day I'm hoping to build a prototype that incorporates all them but until
then...
About the Robot Guitar itself, it seems like it might be pretty good. It has
an accuracy of 0.1 cent supposedly which is pretty ridiculuous considering
you have to do very little work to get that. (not sure what they are
charing for it though)
About automatiting the intonation, you could do it pretty easily assuming
you had motor with enough torque.
I think the problem with all that is mainly miniturization. You gotta fit it
in the guitar and it can't be intrusive. A lot of guitarists are pretty anal
about "vintage".