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, I'm looking for a skill within Synthiam ARC that can take an audio output and use it to control the opening and closing of a robot's mouth. Ideally, the mouth's movement would be directly proportional to the audio amplitude, so louder sounds would result in a wider mouth opening. Could you recommend a specific skill for this purpose? I'm trying to engage my grandkids in building their own robot, and I think this feature would really capture their interest.
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Talk Servo v2
The Talk servo v2 skill in Synthiam ARC is designed to simulate mouth movement by controlling servos based on text-to-speech commands. This skill can move the specified servos to simulate mouth movement whenever a text-to-speech command is executed, such as
Say,SayEZB,SayWait, orSayEZBWait.However, if you're looking for a skill that directly uses audio amplitude to control the mouth's movement, you might need to create a custom solution. The Talk servo v2 skill primarily uses text-to-speech to determine when to move the servos, rather than directly analyzing audio amplitude.
To achieve mouth movement based on audio amplitude, you could consider the following approach:
Custom Scripting: Use a script to analyze the audio amplitude and control the servo positions accordingly. You can use the
Audiofunctions in ARC to get audio input and then map the amplitude to servo positions.ControlCommand(): Use the
ControlCommand()function to send commands to the Talk servo v2 skill, simulating mouth movement based on your custom audio analysis.Explore Other Skills: Check the Synthiam skill store for any new skills that might offer audio amplitude-based control, as new skills are frequently added.
If you're interested in creating a custom solution, you can refer to the Create a Robot Skill documentation for guidance on developing your own robot skills in ARC.
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If you're looking for amplitude specifically, moving a mouth is not generally done using amplitude. But if that's what you prefer, you can use any of the Sound servo robot skill options.
You can see all Audio robot skills, including the links to these sound servo skills, here: https://synthiam.com/Support/Skills/Skills-Overview#Audio
This is a screenshot of the sound servo robot skills from that page list:
Thanks, I knew they were out there just couldn't find it. Very cool!