Abstract
This paper describes the modeling and analysis of an elastic tongue mechanism of a talking robot WT-2 and the development of an acoustic simulator for the construction of the computational model of human speech production. WT-2 consists of lungs, vocal cords and articulators. It is essential to accurately estimate and analyze the shapes of these organs to develop an acoustic simulator. However, it was difficult to estimate and analyze the mechanisms, because they were composed of an elastic rubber to make various shapes and to seal the air and sound. Therefore, we constructed a modeling method to simulate the shape of the elastic mechanisms. This method is applicable to all the elastic body. We developed an acoustic simulator using this modeling method in the process of constructing the speech production model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 2107-2114 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 Dec 26 |
| Event | 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 2003 Oct 27 → 2003 Oct 31 |
Conference
| Conference | 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Las Vegas, NV |
| Period | 03/10/27 → 03/10/31 |
Keywords
- Humanoid Robot
- Mechanical Model Elastic Mechanism
- Speech Production
- Speech Synthesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Software
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Computer Science Applications