WT Series : WT 1

WT-1

Robots can talk. This was proven by the numerous talking robots released by various firms in years past. In 2000, Waseda University of Japan joined those robotics experts that focused on the creation of talking robots. The result was the release of the Waseda Talker No. 1, or the WT-1.

WT-1 is actually a research development platform that aims to create human vocal mechanism, through the reproduction of human vocal movement. The robot became the foundation for the development of cellular phones, which have the capability to compress data by transmitting human vocal movement instead of human voices.

Likewise, WT-1 is pivotal in the development of medical training devices for vocally challenged persons. Several foreign language learning modules are anchored on the capacity of this talking robot.

WT-1 has a vocal organ made of lungs with one DOF, vocal cords and articulators with one DOF. It also has a tongue with six DOF, lips with four DOF, teeth with one DOF, soft palate with one DOF, and nasal cavity with one DOF.

Features:

• Has 15 degrees of freedom
• Artificial vocal organs
• Data compression through transmission of human vocal movement