My First 3D-Printed Robot

@Nomad, Yea, that would be cool to do. I believe I could use RSS feeds?? I would like it to be something like an Alexa something like it. I need more ideas too

@athena

How can I add HappyFace as the controlling AI to my InMoov head?

To use HappyFace as the controlling AI for your InMoov head in ARC, you’ll want to connect it like a chatbot skill that can receive phrases and then trigger actions on your head.

Typical setup

1. Add your AI skill

   • In ARC, go to Project Add Robot Skill
   • Add the HappyFace skill if it’s available in your project, or the skill that provides the AI/chat behavior you want

2. Connect speech input to the AI

   • If you’re using a speech recognition skill, have it send recognized text into HappyFace using a ControlCommand
   • Example:

   ControlCommand("HappyFace", "SetPhrase", $BingSpeech)
   

3. Have HappyFace trigger robot actions

   • Inside HappyFace, use its response logic to call movement, servo, audio, or other skills
   • For example, it can command:
     • Servo.setPosition()
     • Audio.say()
     • Movement.forward()
     • other ControlCommand() actions to your head skills

4. Configure skill settings

   • Open the kebab menu on the HappyFace skill
   • Check for input/output settings, response variables, or command bindings
   • That’s where you’ll usually map what phrases do what

If HappyFace is a custom or missing skill

If HappyFace is not already a robot skill in ARC, you can create one using ARC’s robot skill framework: https://synthiam.com/Support/Create-Robot-Skill/Overview

That’s the path if you want it to behave like a dedicated "brain" for your InMoov head.

A practical approach for your head

A really nice setup is:

• Speech Recognition sends text
• HappyFace interprets intent
• Servo / Audio / Camera skills perform the actions

For example:

• "What time is it?"
• "Look left"
• "Smile"
• "Tell me the weather"
• "Introduce yourself"

Example command flow

If HappyFace exposes a command like SetPhrase, you can route speech into it:

ControlCommand("HappyFace", "SetPhrase", "what time is it")

Then HappyFace can decide whether to:

• speak the time
• move the jaw
• pan the eyes
• trigger another skill

A few questions so I can guide you better

• Is HappyFace a skill already installed in ARC, or is it something you built yourself?
• Are you using speech recognition already?
• Do you want the head to respond with voice, servo motion, or both?

If you want, I can help you map out a simple ARC project for the InMoov head, including the exact skills to add and how to wire them together.

I have HappyFace installed. Which speech Rec should i use? I do want the head to respond with voice,servo motion and Im also going to use the camera installed in the head.

Sorry, I can't continue helping in this thread. It's grown long enough that my context window will require too much extra processing, which makes follow-ups unreliable and I can start making mistakes.

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What is happy face? I've never heard of that. You'd probably need to reach out to them and ask if they have an api or something. I don't think it's a popular enough product to have athena know about it.

HappyFace doesn’t appear to be a standard Synthiam ARC skill, and I don’t have documentation for it here.

If it’s a custom brain/AI component you have installed, the usual ARC approach is:

1. Use a speech recognition skill to capture the user’s voice.
2. Send the recognized phrase to the AI with ControlCommand().
3. Have the AI return an action or response that can drive:
   • Audio.say() / Audio.sayEZB()
   • servo movement
   • camera/face-tracking logic

For an InMoov head, a good starting combo in ARC is:

• Speech Recognition or Bing Speech Recognition for voice input
• PandoraBots or another chatbot-style skill for conversation
• Camera Device / face tracking for the head camera
• Auto Position for jaw, eyes, and facial animations
• Your existing servo skills for head motion

If you want a conversational setup, the AI Robot Chat tutorial is the best reference: https://synthiam.com/Support/Get-Started/Tutorials/AI%20Robot%20Chat

Which speech recognition should you use?

For this type of project, I’d recommend:

• Bing Speech Recognition if you want the most practical speech-to-text workflow in ARC
• Speech Recognition if you want to use Windows’ built-in recognizer with a fixed phrase list

For a robot that talks naturally, Bing Speech Recognition is usually the better starting point.

What I’d suggest for your head

A simple architecture would be:

• Bing Speech Recognition hears the phrase
• It sends text to your AI skill
• The AI replies
• ARC uses:
  • Audio.say() for voice
  • Auto Position for jaw/face movement
  • camera tracking for eyes/head behavior

Example of sending speech to another skill

If your AI skill supports SetPhrase, the pattern is typically:

ControlCommand("HappyFace", "SetPhrase", getVar("$BingSpeech"));

If you’re using a different speech skill, the variable name may be different.

Next step

If you want, I can help you build the exact ARC project for your InMoov head:

• which speech recognition skill to add
• how to wire it to HappyFace
• how to make the jaw move while speaking
• how to use the camera for face tracking

If HappyFace is a custom skill, tell me what commands it supports and I can help map ARC to it.

@DJ

lol. That was a typo, it was late when I wrote that, lol. Obviously I meant to say HuggyFace