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New Anthropomorphic Talking Robot having a Three-dimensional Articulation Mechanism and Improved Pitch Range. Kotaro Fukui , Yuma Ishikawa, Takashi Sawa, Eiji Shintaku, Atsuo Takanishi
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New Anthropomorphic Talking Robot having a Three-dimensional Articulation Mechanism and Improved Pitch Range Kotaro Fukui, Yuma Ishikawa, Takashi Sawa, Eiji Shintaku, Atsuo Takanishi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, JapanMasaaki HondaSchool of Sport Science, Waseda University, Japan z • Developed 3D articulation mechanism (Tongue and lip) of anthropomorphic Talking robot to improve sound quality and reproduce human speech mechanism more precisely. • By the mechanism, the quality of some vowels were improved. • Develop new mechanism in vocal cord to increase the pitch range. x y 3D tongue mechanism which could produce various tongue shape