Meet The Talking Humanoid Robot 'Lester'

Lester was made from the ROBOTISBIOLOID PREMIUM Kit

Purchased from Trossen Roboticshttp://www.trossenrobotics.com

The controller

ROBOTISRoboPlus Software

RoboPlus TaskRoboPlus ManagerRoboPlus MotionRoboPlus TerminalDynamixel Wizard

And links to User’s Guide and e-Manual

RoboPlus Motion

Added command(Phrase 1 “Walking forward”)

Added command (Phrase 2 “Walking backward”)

Controller button “U” (Forward)

Controller button “D” (Backward)

RoboPlus Task

The RC-100 Controller

ROBOTIS RC 100Button Commands

The ZIG-100 and ZIG 110A 2.4 Ghz Modules

The smaller module goes into the RC-100 Controller.The larger module goes into ‘Lester’. They replace the IR control.

Emic 2 Text to Speech Module

Key Features:   

•High-quality speech synthesis for English and Spanish languages   

•Nine pre-defined voice styles comprising male, female, and child   

•Dynamic control of speech and voice characteristics, including pitch, speaking rate, and word emphasis   

•Industry-standard DECtalk text-to-speech synthesizer engine (5.0.E1)

I added a speaker, voltage converter, Arduino UNO,Emic2 Text-to-Speech Module, and Level Shifter are on

a home made shield.

Lester’s Speech Generator

‘bot RXD (not connected)‘bot TXD3.6VGND

+12GND

Lester’s Speech Generator

11 10 9 8

1. RXD 2. TXD3. 3.6V4. GND

Lester Speaks Sketch

Initial information

Includes, define(s),

and assignments

phrase(s) and YNphrase(s) follow

setup()

Speech Phrases

loop()

CommandToPhrase()

YNAnswerToPhrase

serialEvent