Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot

Kotaro Fukui; Kazufumi Nishikawa; Shunsuke Ikeo; Eiji Shintaku; Kentaro Takada; Hideaki Takanobu; Masaaki Honda; Atsuo Takanishi

doi:10.1007/11553939_128

Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot

Kotaro Fukui^*, Kazufumi Nishikawa, Shunsuke Ikeo, Eiji Shintaku, Kentaro Takada, Hideaki Takanobu, Masaaki Honda, Atsuo Takanishi

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School of Creative Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We developed a new talking robot, WT-5 (Waseda Talker No. 5), having novel vocal cords, based on human biological structures. The vocal cords were made from the thermoplastic rubber "Septon", available from Kuraray Co. Ltd. Septon has a similar elasticity to human tissue. The vocal cord model to have a structure similar to the biological structure of the human vocal cords was made. The vocal cords were vibrated like those of a human. This made clean the robot's vowels. With these new mechanisms, the robot could reproduce the human speech in a more biological view and could produce voices nearer to those of a human.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	908-914
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	3540288961, 9783540288961
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11553939_128
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2005 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 2005 Sept 14 → 2005 Sept 16

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	3683 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2005
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	05/9/14 → 05/9/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Fukui, K., Nishikawa, K., Ikeo, S., Shintaku, E., Takada, K., Takanobu, H., Honda, M., & Takanishi, A. (2005). Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot. In Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings (pp. 908-914). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3683 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/11553939_128

Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot. / Fukui, Kotaro; Nishikawa, Kazufumi; Ikeo, Shunsuke et al.
Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2005. p. 908-914 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3683 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Fukui, K, Nishikawa, K, Ikeo, S, Shintaku, E, Takada, K, Takanobu, H, Honda, M & Takanishi, A 2005, Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot. in Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 3683 LNAI, Springer Verlag, pp. 908-914, 9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2005, Melbourne, Australia, 05/9/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/11553939_128

Fukui K, Nishikawa K, Ikeo S, Shintaku E, Takada K, Takanobu H et al. Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot. In Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2005. p. 908-914. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11553939_128

Fukui, Kotaro ; Nishikawa, Kazufumi ; Ikeo, Shunsuke et al. / Development of a new vocal cords based on human biological structures for talking robot. Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 9th International Conference, KES 2005, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2005. pp. 908-914 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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