- 18
- Episodes
- 2024
- First episode
About What Do Robots Sound Like?
Interviews with professionals and experts discussing audio design for robotics. Ali Tocher is an audio designer working in video games. He also looks at real world applications for sound in hospitals and schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Ali Tocher
- Category
- arts · music · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2024
- Latest episode
- 26 Apr 2026
Latest episodes
18 episodes in the feed.
26 Apr 2026
Prof Michael Schutz - Hospitals, Alarms, History of the beep, Triangles
Professor of Music Cognition and Percussion, McMaster University Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com (mailto:whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com) Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes/links: This month's guest is Professor Michael Schutz from McMaster University where he is Professor for Music Cognition and Percussion. Professor Schutz's Ted talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap8geRll6F0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap8geRll6F0) Patterson Alarm sounds paper: Alarm_Sounds_for_Medical_Equipment_in_Intensive_Care_Areas_and_Operating_Theatres (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245238149_Alarm_Sounds_for_Medical_Equipment_in_Intensive_Care_Areas_and_Operating_Theatres) Alarm examples: https://th.id.au/alarms/ (https://th.id.au/alarms/) IEC alarm specification article: https://puiaudio.com/resource/iec-60601-8-application-guide/ (https://puiaudio.com/resource/iec-60601-8-application-guide/) Bernie Krause book: The Great Animal Orchestra (https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/great-animal-orchestra-book-bernie-krause-9781781250006#GOR004452213 ) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
9 Apr 2026
Adam Elman - Voice assistants, Automotive, Utilitarian design
20 year veteran voice designer, Amazon, Microsoft, Ford etc Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com (mailto:whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com) Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is Adam Elman, a veteran voice designer with 20 years experience working on Amazon Alexa, Ford Sync, Xbox and more. Adam's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuiadam (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuiadam) Conversation design list, curated by Adam - https://medium.com/@aelman/list/conversation-design-d03ad47d84b8 (https://medium.com/@aelman/list/conversation-design-d03ad47d84b8) Adam's "Favourite Sound" example I used was the trumpet stem from: "Carousel Ride" by Rubblebucket ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
3 Dec 2025
Chelsea Titus - Linguistics, Quirks, Backstory, Human interaction
Principal Conversation Design | Amazon Lab 126, Emerging Products and Consumer Robotics - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com (mailto:whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com) Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is Chelsea Titus, Principal Conversation Design at Amazon Lab 126 - Emerging Products and Consumer Robotics Chelsea's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-cat (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-cat) Extra links How button boards are changing human-canine communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnVSJ8V4wk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnVSJ8V4wk) Immanuel Kant quote: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made" ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
13 Sept 2025
Vasundhara Gupta - UX Sound design, Customisation vs adaption, Personality in devices
Amazon Device Design Group - UX Sound Designer - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com (mailto:whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com) Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Vasundhara Gupta, is a Senior UX Sound Designer at the Amazon Device Design Group. N.B. One editorial note: we discuss the delicate art of tiny sounds that is the domain of the UX designer. We mention 3m/s sound (three one thousandths of a second), but realistically we should've been speaking in multiplications of 10, to quote Vasu; "3ms is not a number I play with haha. It’s more like 30!" Vasu's website - https://www.vasundharagupta.com/ (https://www.vasundharagupta.com/) Extra links Lata Mangeshkar (legendary Bollywood female lead playback singer) https://tidal.com/artist/30815 (https://tidal.com/artist/30815) Audio UX Sonic branding https://www.auxnyc.com/about (https://www.auxnyc.com/about) Article about San Francisco Int'l Airport's quiet spaces project: https://www.airport-technology.com/features/san-francisco-quiet-airport/ (https://www.airport-technology.com/features/san-francisco-quiet-airport/) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
21 Jul 2025
Paul Bremner - Nuclear decommissioning robots, Affordance vs expectation, IORT
Associate Professor - HRI - Bristol Robotics Lab - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com (mailto:whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com) I welcome any comments or guest suggestions. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Paul Bremner, is Associate Professor in Human-Robot Interaction at Bristol Robotics Laboratory Paul's publications - https://scholar.google.fr/ (https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=gtaZKnAAAAAJ&hl=en) Extra links Bristol Robotics Lab - https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-Staff (https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-Staff) Sellafield UK Nuclear site - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield) Paro seal robot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I) Geminoid realistic clone robot - https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1 (https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
11 May 2025
ChatGPT4o & my friend Matt - Experiment: human robot interview
Human Robot Interview - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's episode was experimental. With the help of my friend Matt I attempted something I've been thinking about for a while. A human robot interaction - with ChatGPT as the robot. Extra links: Andrej Karpathy explains the workings of Large Language Models (1hr) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
7 Mar 2025
Kenny Young - AURA, Humanoid robots, Jankiness, Singing
Composer and sound designer for games - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Kenny Young, is a 9x academy nominated composer and sound designer for games (he got one more since I recorded the intro!!) Kenny's website - https://www.audbod.com/ (https://www.audbod.com/) Kenny on socials: bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/kcmyoung.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/kcmyoung.bsky.social) Twitter - https://x.com/kcmyoung (https://x.com/kcmyoung) Extra links AURA at the sphere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRo2qLMcUw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRo2qLMcUw) "Enshittification" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification) Astrobot game trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unYFdcEjV9k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unYFdcEjV9k) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
23 Jan 2025
Prof Kerstin Fischer - Depiction, Expectation, Interaction research with robots
Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab Sønderborg - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Professor Kerstin Fischer from University of Southern Denmark, she is Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab Sønderborg and Professor (MSO) for Language and Technology Interaction. Kerstin's Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CSf7_Q0AAAAJ&hl=en (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CSf7_Q0AAAAJ&hl=en) Kerstin's LinkedIn - https://dk.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-fischer-sdu (https://dk.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-fischer-sdu) Extra links Pepper Robot https://us.softbankrobotics.com/pepper (https://us.softbankrobotics.com/pepper) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
20 Dec 2024
Evan Ratliff - Shell Game, Voice Agents, AI, Human Robot Interactions
Writer/Host Shell Game Podcast - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Evan Ratliff, is the writer and host of the 2024 smash hit podcast Shell Game. He is also an award winning investigative journalist and author, having written about technology for the past 25 years. Shell Game Podcast - https://www.shellgame.co/podcast (https://www.shellgame.co/podcast) Evan's substack - https://substack.com/@evanratliff (https://substack.com/@evanratliff) Evan's website - https://cazart.net/ (https://cazart.net/) Radiolab episode about Shell Game - https://radiolab.org/podcast/shell-game (https://radiolab.org/podcast/shell-game) Extra links Character AI https://character.ai (https://character.ai) Zoom CEO wants AI clones in meetings Article (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
22 Nov 2024
Prof Roger Moore - Uncanny Valley, Interaction, Speech, History of Speech Synthesis
Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Professor Roger Moore, is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. He was head of the UK Govt’s Speech Research Unit from 1985 to 1999 and is also chair of a multi-disciplinary research group called VIHAR - which stands for Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots. University of Sheffield - https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cs/people/academic/roger-k-moore (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cs/people/academic/roger-k-moore) Roger's LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/roger-moore-6671972 (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/roger-moore-6671972) VIHAR - https://vihar.lis-lab.fr/ (https://vihar.lis-lab.fr/) Extra links Hanson Robotics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Mwl6p1enA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Mwl6p1enA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qxRsCZwcQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qxRsCZwcQ) MRI of a tongue when singing (trigger warning - slightly gross) https://youtu.be/zGi3CrFx1S4?si=uaUzU8Vb5mlzq1dY (https://youtu.be/zGi3CrFx1S4?si=uaUzU8Vb5mlzq1dY) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
18 Oct 2024
Gabriel Skantze - Furhat, Speech, Persona, LLMs, Gaze, Hospitals/Schools
Chief Scientist at Furhat Robotics - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Gabriel Skantze, is the Chief Scientist at Furhat Robotics - a robotics company based in Sweden. He is also Professor in Speech Communication and Technology, with a specialization in Conversational Systems, at KTH in Stockholm. Furhat Website - https://furhatrobotics.com (https://furhatrobotics.com) Gabriel's LinkedIn - https://se.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-skantze (https://se.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-skantze) Featured - Furhat railway station video (it was in Japan not China according to Gabriel) https://youtu.be/PFQliroGeUo?si=CcpBoWtvQFiTFYt5 (https://youtu.be/PFQliroGeUo?si=CcpBoWtvQFiTFYt5) Gabriel demonstrating the complexities of conversational turn taking and engaging in conversation with Furhat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmp6Se5wh1M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmp6Se5wh1M) Amanda Stenberg on the "douche" personality at Furhat conference https://youtu.be/A0e-kYQDavo?si=Sy61Iy7oNV9-v7aA (https://youtu.be/A0e-kYQDavo?si=Sy61Iy7oNV9-v7aA) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
20 Sept 2024
Calle Stenqvist - Audio branding, physical installations, biometric sensors
Creative Director at Plan8 - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Calle Stenqvist, is the Creative Director for Plan8 - a design agency for sound. Plan8 Website - https://plan8.se/ (https://plan8.se/) Calle's LinkedIn - https://se.linkedin.com/in/calle-stenqvist-9353204 (https://se.linkedin.com/in/calle-stenqvist-9353204) Featured - Projects discussed: Thorne (https://plan8.se/work/thorne) & Volvo Recharge Room (https://plan8.se/work/recharge-room) Needscope archetype wheel explainer video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTVAbGetDqc) Misattributed Frank Zappa quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_about_music_is_like_dancing_about_architecture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_about_music_is_like_dancing_about_architecture) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
22 Aug 2024
Harrison Zafrin - UX, Devices, 8ms sounds, Delightful design
UX Sound Designer - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is UX sound designer Harrison Zafrin who, in his words, "nobody cares more about 8ms sound effects." Harrison works to design sound for multi-sensory interactions on technological devices. I was extra excited to talk to Harrison because he does not work with robots, but the crossover in his professional skillset was seriously illuminating for me. Harrison's LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/harrison-zafrin (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/harrison-zafrin) Harrison's Website - https://www.harrisonzafrin.com/ (https://www.harrisonzafrin.com/) Featured clips - Star Wars battle droids are not very likeable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQwuJi_FwM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQwuJi_FwM) Brian Eno, The Microsoft Sound: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno#The_Microsoft_Sound (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno#The_Microsoft_Sound) "...when I'd finished that and I went back to working with pieces that were like three minutes long, it seemed like oceans of time." HBO brand ident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Oh7HizY5I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Oh7HizY5I) Bernie Krause, natural soundscape book: The Great Animal Orchestra (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/bernie-krause/great-animal-orchestra/9781781250013?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjww5u2BhDeARIsALBuLnOysskEW0jA6sLslt81_VpodLZgxc-HE8R6LSKHQi3qKf7cgM3QS-kaAktrEALw_wcB#GOR006322408) Harrison's favourite sound: Noisia & The Upbeats (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWZRJd4z8o) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
19 Jul 2024
Mike Forst - Amazon Astro, Character, Collaborative creation, 3 channels of communication
Amazon Astro - Audio Lead & Character Lead - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is composer and sound designer Mike Forst who released Amazon's home companion robot Astro. Mike worked as Audio Lead and then became Character Lead on that project. He is now a freelance composer, sound designer and artist. Mike's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-forst-77823718 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-forst-77823718) Mike's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikeforst/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/mikeforst/?hl=en) Amazon Astro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj1t3msy8dc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj1t3msy8dc) Definitions: I noticed Mike and I reference "TTS" several times without defining it as "Text To Speech" - the ability for a computer system to generate speech audio from text rather than pre-recorded voice lines. ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
14 Jun 2024
Tracy Bush - R2D2, Toys, Technical audio implementation
Audio Lead for Sphero - R2D2, BB8, Lightning McQueen - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is composer and sound designer Tracy Bush who worked at robotics company Sphero on several licensed robots from film - R2D2, BB8, Lightning McQueen. Tracy's Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/tracywbush (https://twitter.com/tracywbush) Mars Rover birthday song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGkUbvPsgNY&t=7s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGkUbvPsgNY&t=7s) Neal Stephenson w/ Lex Fridman https://youtu.be/xAfdSak2fs8?si=i9ZZSk4QccBNXAFl (https://youtu.be/xAfdSak2fs8?si=i9ZZSk4QccBNXAFl) BB8 from Starwars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgP5flzrcE4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgP5flzrcE4) Lightning McQueen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdGWRq1dVBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdGWRq1dVBA) Kuri robot https://robotsguide.com/robots/kuri (https://robotsguide.com/robots/kuri) Star Trek Scotty "hello computer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWhugUmV5U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWhugUmV5U) Definitions: 2 terms from our discussion that I thought could be useful to define. Nyquist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency) Eprom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPROM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPROM) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
17 May 2024
Ben Gabaldon - Robot companions, Education, Small speakers
Lead Audio for Anki - Vector / Cozmo - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This episode’s guest is Ben Gabaldon, formerly Audio Lead for robotics company Anki, where he shipped audio for robots Cozmo and Vector. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gabaldon-0b829110 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gabaldon-0b829110) Cozmo/Vector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MsY9pLWKI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MsY9pLWKI) Ben's WIP videos creating voice for the robots: https://vimeo.com/345223512 (https://vimeo.com/345223512) Elevenlabs - cutting edge voice synthesis: https://elevenlabs.io/ (https://elevenlabs.io/) Ben Burtt IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/) Facial micro expressions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751645/ (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751645/) Railway station robot promo video - "Furhat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irx30qbiVlU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irx30qbiVlU) Game audio: https://youtu.be/89_WG5PiTpo?si=V-Pqp3mUzk-1uRbt (https://youtu.be/89_WG5PiTpo?si=V-Pqp3mUzk-1uRbt) Boston Dynamics - Spot new feature video: https://youtu.be/qgHeCfMa39E?si=dCBskTrV4kuqFWAi (https://youtu.be/qgHeCfMa39E?si=dCBskTrV4kuqFWAi) Children do better with 1on1 tuition study: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-tutoring-in-schools-and-16-to-19-providers/independent-review-of-tutoring-in-16-to-19-providers-phase-1-findings (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-tutoring-in-schools-and-16-to-19-providers/independent-review-of-tutoring-in-16-to-19-providers-phase-1-findings) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
12 Apr 2024
Dr Iain McGregor - HRI, Uncanny valley, Dynamic communication
Associate Professor of Sound Design - Centre for Interaction Design - Napier Edinburgh University - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. _______ Show notes: This episode’s guest is Dr Iain McGregor, an Associate Professor of sound design at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/driainmcgregor (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/driainmcgregor) Link to Dr McGregor’s survey “What's in a name? Human-Robot Interaction” Please fill it out if you're interested. https://survey.napier.ac.uk/TakeSurveyPage.aspx?s=b0311e403a7c405f8e56d34f1b538981&tsid=064aa7b448124d29b481d09a546edd60&c=en-GB (https://survey.napier.ac.uk/TakeSurveyPage.aspx?s=b0311e403a7c405f8e56d34f1b538981&tsid=064aa7b448124d29b481d09a546edd60&c=en-GB) Dr McGregor’s article on robotics sound design https://www.asoundeffect.com/robot-sound-design/ (https://www.asoundeffect.com/robot-sound-design/) Moxi hospital robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLY3XxLtkng (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLY3XxLtkng) Audio watermarking in advertising https://medium.com/intrasonics/can-audio-watermarked-connected-ads-reverse-the-drop-in-tv-ad-spend-and-help-save-commercial-tv-8df06fa3a94b (https://medium.com/intrasonics/can-audio-watermarked-connected-ads-reverse-the-drop-in-tv-ad-spend-and-help-save-commercial-tv-8df06fa3a94b) Boston dynamics robot “abuse” testing videos *trigger warning* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuA50H9uek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuA50H9uek) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5Z6AoMh6U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5Z6AoMh6U) Boston dynamics spot with ChatGPT integration: https://youtu.be/djzOBZUFzTw?si=eK3nc0u-G3PRu66V (https://youtu.be/djzOBZUFzTw?si=eK3nc0u-G3PRu66V) ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ (https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/) Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ (https://www.benpearce.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
11 Apr 2024
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Introducing What Do Robots Sound Like? - An interview podcast about sound for human robot interactions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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