Modeling and analysis of elastic tongue mechanism of talking robot for acoustic simulation

Kazufumi Nishikawa; Takayuki Ogawara; Hideaki Takanobu; Takemi Mochida; Masaaki Honda; Atsuo Takanishi

doi:10.1299/kikaic.71.1892

Modeling and analysis of elastic tongue mechanism of talking robot for acoustic simulation

Kazufumi Nishikawa^*, Takayuki Ogawara, Hideaki Takanobu, Takemi Mochida, Masaaki Honda, Atsuo Takanishi

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This paper describes the modeling and analysis of an elastic tongue mechanism of a talking robot WT-3 (Waseda Talker-No. 3) and the development of an acoustic simulator for the construction of the computational model of human speech production. WT-3 consists of lungs, vocal cords and articulators. Because they were composed of an elastic rubber to make various shapes and to seal the air and sound, it was difficult to estimate and analyze the mechanisms. Therefore, we constructed a modeling method to simulate the shape of the elastic mechanisms using rigid links. This method is applicable to all the elastic body. We developed an acoustic simulator for WT-3 based on this method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1892-1898
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
Volume	71
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaic.71.1892
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Elastic Mechanism
Humanoid Robot
Mechanical Model
Speech Production
Speech Synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Modeling and analysis of elastic tongue mechanism of talking robot for acoustic simulation. / Nishikawa, Kazufumi; Ogawara, Takayuki; Takanobu, Hideaki et al.
In: Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Vol. 71, No. 6, 06.2005, p. 1892-1898.

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