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Voice-Controlled Robosapien

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

robotsrule writes "Robosapien Dance Machine, a free, open source program hosted on SourceForge, now uses the CMU Sphinx 3.5 speech recognition engine. The Sphinx 3.5 engine is also a free, open source program on SourceForge. You can now control your Robosapien robot using just your voice as well as build fun complex scripts to make your Robosapien robot dance, do comedy skits, and other performances. Currently the software uses the USB UIRT infrared transceiver to talk to the robot. Support for other infrared devices is being added this month. There is a short unrehearsed movie of the robot responding to voice commands that you can watch."

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  1. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    An alpha software written in Delphi using a pre-alpha library, that's /. quality!

  2. ROBOSAPIEN! Beer me! by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 3, Funny
    Cut a port on the side of the fridge[1], operated by a pushbutton. Robo pushes the button, a beer slides out, he obiediently brings it to me.

    Bliss.

    [1] Port is only needed because RoboS is too short and weak to actually open a standard fridge door.

  3. Robosapien... by Kimos · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kill!

  4. I for one... by Tanmi-Daiow · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...welcome our new voice-controlled robot overlords.

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  5. Possibilities by hass · · Score: 2, Funny

    This looks very cool. It's one example of the great things coming from FOSS. I anxious for when robots that can do useful tasks will become available. I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a robot I could program.

  6. Oops, too fast! by ggvaidya · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting to figure out whose voice controls our new robot overlords before making my allegiences known ...

    1. Re:Oops, too fast! by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm waiting to figure out whose voice controls our new robot overlords before making my allegiences known ...
      The ones in your head, silly. Now take that colander off your head so we can help you hear better!
  7. Re:Definitely offtopic- don't even bother by Tx · · Score: 2, Funny

    No idea, but the webservers of the world deserve a day of rest, before the slashdotting begins anew on Monday.

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  8. Re:Definitely offtopic- don't even bother by ggvaidya · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, and cut into their TV watching time??

    No, no, Slashdot reading is strictly for work and college :)

  9. A new way to think about robots... by ScottSCY · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Robosapien Dance Machine is a free open source software program that unleashes your Robosapien's funky inner soul!

    Robots used to be referred to as "clunky", or "junky", but now..... funky!!

  10. Re:Definitely offtopic- don't even bother by Stalyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    they're too busy eating their lobster in their mansions and making love to their hot super model wives. after that they drive around in their new european sports cars throwing candy to all the orphans who parents were killed by Microsoft.

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  11. Futurama by lsmeg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just be sure not to get too attached to your robosapien, or people will start thinking you're a robosexual.

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  12. You knew this was comming. by Hodr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.

  13. 2001 by Rixel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Service me!

    "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."

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  14. Naming convention by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't it be called Dance Dance Robosapien?

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  15. Re:One Step Closer by FireFury03 · · Score: 3, Funny

    robots with only a couple of more generations before they explode

    Suicide bombing robots?!? EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! :)

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