Female robot can sing like a pop star
October 15th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Oct 15 (IANS) A life-sized female robot, known as HRP-4, has been taught to sing just like a real pop star.
It has movable features that are able to mimic the expressions of a human singer.
She is able to ’sing’ using a synthesized voice technology that sounds and breathes like a human too, reports the Daily Mail.
Masataka Goto, from Japan’s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said: “This robot primarily utilises two technologies. One is for its singing voice.”
“Last year, we used Yamaha’s vocaloid software to synthesize notes directly. But this year, we’ve used our own technology called VocalListener,” Gato said.
This is a new technology which synthesizes a singing voice on the computer side as if imitating a person’s singing voice.
“Also, for the robot’s facial expressions, we’ve developed another new technology called Vocawatcher. This analyses a video of a person singing to create expressions naturally,” Gato said.
Researchers used a real singer as a model, recording her every move as she sang a typical Japanese pop song.
The movements were mapped onto HRP-4, who was then able to mimic her real-life counterpart’s every movement.
The team even helped the robot breathe realistically, by modelling real, human breathing sounds
- Bizarre female robo 'croons by copying human singer' - Oct 15, 2010
- A living robot who smiles, sings like a girl! - Apr 12, 2012
- Japan's latest pop sensation is a hologram! - Nov 13, 2010
- New approach brings robot pets closer to reality - Sep 18, 2010
- Robot makes debut performance on stage - Nov 16, 2010
- Sex robots headed to Britain - Nov 17, 2010
- Now come robots that can trick and deceive - Sep 10, 2010
- Your computer could shout back at you in a few years - Jul 05, 2011
- Deceptive robots to revolutionise military, search and rescue operations - Sep 10, 2010
- Underwater robots to get smaller, cheaper and 'independent' - Nov 24, 2010
- Back up for human brain possible within two decades - Oct 21, 2010
- Japan's Robotic actress takes stage - Nov 12, 2010
- In 20 yrs, 'human brain and memory backup might be stored on hard disk!' - Oct 21, 2010
- Making human-like robots for easier interaction with people - Mar 08, 2011
- 'Lingodroid' robots invent language to chat - May 25, 2011
Tags: advanced industrial science, computer side, daily mail, facial expressions, female robot, gato, goto, hrp, japanese pop, life counterpart, new technology, own technology, pop song, pop star, science and technology, singing voice, star london, vocaloid, voice technology, yamaha