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Female robot learns to “sing” by copying human singer

18.10.2010 [16:47]
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Baku, October 18 (AZERTAC). Robot HRP-4 is able to sing using synthesised sounds and move just like a human singer. She has a realistic face and movable features that are able to mimic the expressions of a human singer.

Masataka Goto, from Japan`s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said: ”This robot primarily utilizes 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 Vocal Listener.

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 modeling real, human breathing sounds.