The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2012
Session ID : 1P1-Q08
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1P1-Q08 Study on Singer Robot using Artificial Larynx : Consonant Phonation
Shun KATOHiroshi KURODASuguru TAKASHIMA
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"Singing" is one of the most important and popular artistic human activities. The purpose of this research is to develop a mechanical Singer Robot with artificial larynx. We have already developed a singer robot that can generate Japanese 5 vowels [a], [i], [u], [e], and [o], and nasal plosive consonants. The robot has a mechanism to change the voice pitch by manipulating artificial vocal cord. In this paper, new mechanisms for generating other consonants, such as plosive, stop, affricate, fricative, nasal consonant and semivowel are presented. Experimental results show the validity of those mechanisms.
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© 2012 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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