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Receive Audio From Robot

Hello,

I was using the robot the other day to interact with my friend on the first floor of my house while I was on the second floor. He could hear the robot through the bluetooth speakers but I could not hear him. If the robot has a microphone onboard, can it be used to relay audio back to ARC so the operator can hear what the robot hears. This would be good for remote controlled applications too.


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#1  

Yes, provided the mic is connected to the PC (bluetooth etc.).

However, be aware that there is a lot of noise in a robot and a mic on board may not give satisfactory results.

#2  

How do you enable listening from the mic in ARC? I havent seen the option, only speech options. I would need a module that takes in the audio from the mic and relays it back to a different speaker than the one used in the robot. How can this be done?

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#3  

You would need to set that up in Windows. Select the recording device, choose the option to listen to the device and change the default output device to the other speaker.

I'm not home right now but if you can't find those options I'll pop up some screenshots later.

#4  

Thanks Rich, I think I can find them, but Ill post back if I cant. U excited for the revolution? Do you have a 3D printer?

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#5  

For anyone else who doesn't know what I mean;

  1. Right click on the speaker icon in the tray (by the clock)
  2. Select "Recording Devices"

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  3. Right click on the recording device/mic in your robot and click Properties
  4. Click on the "listen" tab
  5. Check the box for listening to the device
  6. Select the relevant speaker/speaker in your robot from the list

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  7. Click OK.
#7  

I got a good quality bluetooth mike thats works great and bluetooth speakers for my robot design.