Hear the Egg - Demonstrating Robotic Interactive Auditory Perception

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2018-10
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Strahl, Erik  
Kerzel, Matthias  
Eppe, Manfred  
Griffiths, Sascha  
Wermter, Stefan  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/12356
Start Page
5041
Article Number
8593959
Citation
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018
Contribution to Conference
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/IROS.2018.8593959
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85062990035
We present an illustrative example of an interactive auditory perception approach performed by a humanoid robot called NICO, the Neuro Inspired COmpanion [1]. The video demonstrates a material classification task in the style of a classic TV game show. NICO and another candidate are supposed to determine the content of small plastic capsules that are visually indistinguishable. Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand. NICO can perceive and analyze these sounds to determine the material of the capsule's content.