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Groaning Robot

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2011-08-04 17:27 in Robotics
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/video-japanese-robot-talks-like-a-human/

I say it's groaning, not talking. Check the first video. I think the best things about this article are the sordid comments and of course the term "Robocalypse". Robaca-Lips, that is.

Comments

  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-07-13 21:57
    Tibetan throat singers watch out! The next vid was of the "Terminator Roo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keCG57A7b1w&feature=player_embedded
  • ScribblerKartScribblerKart Posts: 45
    edited 2011-07-26 07:42
    @erco Well agreed! I don't even understand Japanese, so it sounds like it's groaning to us.
  • CircuitMageCircuitMage Posts: 62
    edited 2011-07-29 09:37
    Yeah...seen that contraption on a couple shows over the last month (AOTS anyone?...they have good robot coverage once or twice a month).

    It looks like overkill IMHO. Voice recognition and playback seems the way to go.
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-07-30 17:03
    It seems more like a prop for a David Cronenberg film than a voice synthesizer.
  • Techead13Techead13 Posts: 9
    edited 2011-08-04 10:48
    That's kind of scary and cool at the same time.
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-08-04 17:27
    The Japanese are creating androids - humanoids, with a goal to become more human-like. This includes hair, skin, and other qualities along with speech that's more like humans, and creating a tongue, larynx, lips, throat, sound cavity, and the dispersal of air through simulated lungs. This is a phase when the parts of of a mechanical robot, such as computer chips, wires, motors, metal, are being replaced with other compounds more closely resembling humans, like bones made from polymers, latex to make skin, and air to create speech resonance.
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