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Research and experiment of lip coordination with speech for the humanoid head robot-"H & Frobot-III"

  • Meng Qingmei*
  • , Wu Weiguo
  • , Zhong Yusheng
  • , Song Ce
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

This paper proposes a method of lip shape coordination with speech in the facial expression robot system "H&Frobot-III". The proposed method can model the talking robot's lip shape using visual speech system, which includes three modules: speech recognition, lip shape recognition and lip pose actuator. In the lip shape recognition module, a viseme representation method is proposed for synthesising the human visual speech. To analyze the robot's lip shape, Lip shape model is developed based on the anatomy and facial action coding system (FACS). When robot speaking, the lip shape coordination with speech can be realized through basic lip shape or the combination of basic lip shape. In the "H&Frobot-III" system, the lip shape is realized through slide and guide slot mechanism, which implements the two-way movement of muscle in the lip. Finally, the result of the experiment, which is the lip coordination with speech, is shown. When speaking same word, the lip shape of robot is similarity to that of human.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2008
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages603-608
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424428229
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2008 - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 1 Dec 20083 Dec 2008

Publication series

Name2008 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2008

Conference

Conference8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2008
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaejeon
Period1/12/083/12/08

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