Andrew N. Robertson

{{Short description|British actor}}

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Dr. Andrew N. Robertson (born 1974) is a British actor best known for his performances in The Cement Garden and the Gormenghast series. He is also a musician and academic, fronting British band Truck, and has published work on automatic accompaniment for rock music at the conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.

In May 2009, Robertson was awarded a research fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering for his work on digital music.{{Cite web |url=http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/16251.html |title=Andrew Robertson awarded prestigious Research Fellowship, Queen Mary, University of London |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083146/http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/16251.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} Robertson was a research student at Queen Mary, University of London at the Centre for Digital Music specialising in interactive real-time musical systems.{{cite web|url=http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/department/staff/research/andrewr.htm |title=Andrew Robertson, Electronic Engineering Department, Queen Mary, University of London |accessdate=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052928/http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/department/staff/research/andrewr.htm |archivedate=2011-09-28 }} In January 2011, Robertson developed software called "B-Keeper" which would allow drummers in rock bands to enhance their live performances.{{cite web|url=http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2011/Pages/drumming.aspx |title=New responsive click-track software lets drummers set their own pace - EPSRC |accessdate=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092512/http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2011/Pages/drumming.aspx |archivedate=2011-09-27 }} Robertson is also a member of a band playing mainly space rock music called Higamos Hogamos which trialled the "B-Keeper" software that he developed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theengineer.co.uk/video/software-controls-pace-of-pre-programmed-music/1006824.article|title = Software controls pace of pre-programmed music|date = 17 January 2011}}