Ezb Microphone

FadeDude

South Africa

Asked Jul 2016 — Edited Jul 2016

Resolved by CochranRobotics!

From all the videos, I assumed the EZB had a built in microphone. Upon further inspection, it now seems I was mistaken?

Does the voice commands then work through the PC mic only, and not the EZB?

I am planning to use a small tablet bolted on to the bot to run the control software, so I can use that mic, but I am just making sure I am not barking up the wrong tree, looking for a mic on the EZB directly.

Cheers, and thanks.

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CochranRobotics

USA

#1 Jul 2016

yes, mic is through the computer only.

CardboardHacker

Canada

#2 Jul 2016

The ez-b doesn't have a microphone, firstly because it is generally inside robots where it wouldn't be feasible to have a microphone, and also the noise coming from motors and servos would drown out any voice commands and also cause false positives. There are a couple forum posts on this, so if you have a search you can get more info.

Your tablet might also get some noise from the robot being mounted inside. Also, is this a Windows tablet? If not, I don't believe voice recognition works on other operating systems like android or iOS.

FadeDude

South Africa

#3 Jul 2016

Thanks @CochranRobotics .

@MazeHorizonTech, I was wondering about how well it would work... but for some reason, I just accepted there to be one having viewed all the videos and the immersion effect of people talking to robots

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And yes I have a windows tablet that I am dedicating to a bot. I am using the SDK and the Tablet will eventually also function as the UI (Face) of the bot, so voice recognition should work reasonably well.

Thanks for all the extra info.

CochranRobotics

USA

#4 Jul 2016

if the motors are quiet, you shouldn't have an issue. If the motors are noisy, you can pause the mic while the robot is moving and then unpause the mic.

Background noise can affect the robot also. This is the reason that my stuff listens for a unique phrase before listening for requests or commands.

Quiet motors make for a better experience though.