Audio specifications
The audio system is made of :
Microphones: Two microphones fitted in Reachy 2’s antennas ⇒ Lavalier Go
Speakers: Home made speakers solution based on off-the shelf speakers and off-the-shelf audio amplifier board (just below the Pollen logo in Reachy’s “abdominal cavity”)
Audio interface: Rode AI-Micro dual channel audio interface ⇒ Rode AI-micro
It has been designed for two main use cases:
- Teleoperation:
- Robot ⇒ Operator - Hear what’s going on around the robot with spatialised audio for an immersive experience
- Operator ⇒ Environment / Person - Communicate with the robot’s direct environment
- Artificial Intelligence:
- Speech to text (STT): Reachy can translate voice into text
- Text to Speech (TTS): Reachy translates text into a human-like voice
- Different use cases are possible:
- Voice command (e.g. voice ⇒ text ⇒ code ⇒ action)
- Conversational robot (e.g. voice ⇒ text ⇒ voice)