Meet The Talking Humanoid Robot Lester Lester was

Meet The Talking Humanoid Robot 'Lester'

Lester was made from the ROBOTIS BIOLOID PREMIUM Kit Purchased from Trossen Robotics http: //www. trossenrobotics. com

The controller

ROBOTIS Robo. Plus Software Robo. Plus Task Robo. Plus Manager Robo. Plus Motion Robo. Plus Terminal Dynamixel Wizard And links to User’s Guide and e. Manual

Robo. Plus Motion

Robo. Plus Task Controller button “U” (Forward) Added command (Phrase 1 “Walking forward”) Controller button “D” (Backward) Added command (Phrase 2 “Walking backward”)

The RC-100 Controller

ROBOTIS RC 100 Button Commands

The ZIG-100 and ZIG 110 A 2. 4 Ghz Modules The smaller module goes into the RC-100 Controller. The larger module goes into ‘Lester’. They replace the IR control.

Emic 2 Text to Speech Module Key Features: • High-quality speech synthesis for English and Spanish languages • Nine pre-defined voice styles comprising male, female, and child • Dynamic control of speech and voice characteristics, including pitch, speaking rate, and word emphasis • Industry-standard DECtalk text-to-speech synthesizer engine (5. 0. E 1)

Lester’s Speech Generator I added a speaker, voltage converter, Arduino UNO, Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module, and Level Shifter are on a home made shield.

Lester’s Speech Generator 1. 2. 3. 4. RXD TXD 3. 6 V GND 11 10 9 8 ‘bot RXD (not connected) ‘bot TXD 3. 6 V GND +12 GND

Lester Speaks Sketch Initial information

Includes, define(s), and assignments phrase(s) and YNphrase(s) follow setup()

Speech Phrases

loop() Command. To. Phrase()

YNAnswer. To. Phrase serial. Event