Method and apparatus for automatically generating drum play motion of robot

An apparatus for generating a drum play motion of a robot, the apparatus comprising:

• a part identifier configured to identify a plurality of parts of a melody based on a change in a pattern of a plurality of notes forming the melody;
• a rhythm generator configured to generate a rhythm of each part of the plurality of identified parts;
• a note assigner configured to assign each of the plurality of notes forming the generated rhythm of the each note to one of a right hand and a left hand of the robot;
• a time scheduler configured to schedule swing time of each of the right hand and the left hand to which the each note of is assigned for each note of the rhythm of the each part;
• a joint trajectory generator configured to generate a trajectory of each of a plurality of joints of the robot for playing the rhythm of the each part based on the scheduled swing time of each of the right hand and the left hand;
• and
• a play motion generator configured to generate a play motion of the robot by controlling a motion of each of the plurality of joints according to the generated trajectory of each of the plurality of joints.