She's cute, she's adorable, she sings and she dances. A Japanese female robot is all set to take the international pop world by storm.
A close-up of the robot artiste. She looks so real and could easily pass for a little Japanese princess.
The 5-feet 2-inch tall humanoid robot "HRP-4C" of Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) made her debut at the Digital Contents Expo in Tokyo on 17 October. AIST developed the entertainment software called Choreonoid, formed from choreograph and humanoid.
A photographer takes pictures of the robot.
The little robot also called the Divabot has movable features that are able to mimic the expressions of a human singer. She is able to 'sing' using a synthesised voice technology that sounds and breathes like a human too, reports the Daily Mail.
Masataka Goto, from Japan's Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said: "This robot primarily utilises 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 VocalListener," Gato said.
This is a new technology which synthesizes a singing voice on the computer side as if imitating a person's singing voice.
The little robot dances with the other performers. Only her legs tell her apart from the human performers.
The little robot sings.
"For the robot's facial expressions, we've developed another new technology called Vocawatcher. This analyses a video of a person singing to create expressions naturally," Gato added.
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 modelling real, human breathing sounds.
Another scene from the unique performance titled "Dance Robot Live! - HRP-4C Cybernetic Human".
Wonder what the Japanese will come up with next?
Shinichiro Nakazawa, a scientist from the institute told the Daily Mail, "With the software, we hope to make robots act, sing and even walk on a catwalk during a fashion show. We want to create a new content industry with the technology".
"This beauty has got the voice, she's got the moves -- and if she has a breakdown, you can just send her in for repairs," says The Sun.
The centre of attraction.
"Wanna dance with me"?
Source: Agencies
Image credits: AFP
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