What Do Robots Sound Like?

20 year veteran voice designer, Amazon, Microsoft, Ford etcInterviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests.Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome._______Show notes:This month's guest is Adam Elman, a veteran voice designer with 20 years experience working on Amazon Alexa, Ford Sync, Xbox and more.Adam's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuiadamConversation design list, curated by Adam - https://medium.com/@aelman/list/conversation-design-d03ad47d84b8Adam's "Favourite Sound" example I used was the trumpet stem from: "Carousel Ride" by Rubblebucket ***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Principal Conversation Design | Amazon Lab 126, Emerging Products and Consumer Robotics - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests.Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome._______Show notes:This month's guest is Chelsea Titus, Principal Conversation Design at Amazon Lab 126 - Emerging Products and Consumer RoboticsChelsea's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-catExtra linksHow button boards are changing human-canine communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnVSJ8V4wk Immanuel Kant quote: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made"***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Amazon Device Design Group - UX Sound Designer - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests.Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome._______Show notes:This month's guest, Vasundhara Gupta, is a Senior UX Sound Designer at the Amazon Device Design Group.N.B. One editorial note: we discuss the delicate art of tiny sounds that is the domain of the UX designer. We mention 3m/s sound (three one thousandths of a second), but realistically we should've been speaking in multiplications of 10, to quote Vasu; "3ms is not a number I play with haha. It’s more like 30!"Vasu's website - https://www.vasundharagupta.com/Extra linksLata Mangeshkar (legendary Bollywood female lead playback singer) https://tidal.com/artist/30815Audio UX Sonic branding https://www.auxnyc.com/aboutArticle about San Francisco Int'l Airport's quiet spaces project: https://www.airport-technology.com/features/san-francisco-quiet-airport/***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Associate Professor - HRI - Bristol Robotics Lab - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests.Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com I welcome any comments or guest suggestions._______Show notes:This month's guest, Paul Bremner, is Associate Professor in Human-Robot Interaction at Bristol Robotics LaboratoryPaul's publications - https://scholar.google.fr/Extra linksBristol Robotics Lab - https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-StaffSellafield UK Nuclear site - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SellafieldParo seal robot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-IGeminoid realistic clone robot - https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Composer and sound designer for games - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests._______Show notes:This month's guest, Kenny Young, is a 9x academy nominated composer and sound designer for games (he got one more since I recorded the intro!!)Kenny's website - https://www.audbod.com/Kenny on socials: bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/kcmyoung.bsky.social Twitter - https://x.com/kcmyoungExtra linksAURA at the sphere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRo2qLMcUw"Enshittification" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnshittificationAstrobot game trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unYFdcEjV9k***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab Sønderborg - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests._______Show notes:This month's guest, Professor Kerstin Fischer from University of Southern Denmark, she is Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab Sønderborg andProfessor (MSO) for Language and Technology Interaction.Kerstin's Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CSf7_Q0AAAAJ&hl=enKerstin's LinkedIn - https://dk.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-fischer-sduExtra linksPepper Robot https://us.softbankrobotics.com/pepper***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Writer/Host Shell Game Podcast - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests._______Show notes:This month's guest, Evan Ratliff, is the writer and host of the 2024 smash hit podcast Shell Game. He is also an award winning investigative journalist and author, having written about technology for the past 25 years.Shell Game Podcast - https://www.shellgame.co/podcastEvan's substack - https://substack.com/@evanratliffEvan's website - https://cazart.net/Radiolab episode about Shell Game - https://radiolab.org/podcast/shell-gameExtra linksCharacter AI https://character.aiZoom CEO wants AI clones in meetings Article***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests._______Show notes:This month's guest, Professor Roger Moore, is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. He was head of the UK Govt’s Speech Research Unit from 1985 to 1999 and is also chair of a multi-disciplinary research group called VIHAR - which stands for Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots.University of Sheffield - https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cs/people/academic/roger-k-mooreRoger's LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/roger-moore-6671972VIHAR - https://vihar.lis-lab.fr/Extra linksHanson Roboticshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Mwl6p1enA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qxRsCZwcQ MRI of a tongue when singing (trigger warning - slightly gross) https://youtu.be/zGi3CrFx1S4?si=uaUzU8Vb5mlzq1dY***SPECIAL THANKS***Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/