Demo of VJ-Voicebot: control of robotic arm with the Vocal Joystick

Authors:
Brandi House;Jon Malkin;Jeff Bilmes
Affiliations:
University of Washington;University of Washington;University of Washington
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Year:
2007

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Abstract

We explore the use of the Vocal Joystick (VJ) for robotic limb control using a small-scale robotic arm. The purpose of this research is to allow individuals with mobile disabilities to obtain greater independence by continuously controlling a robotic arm with their voice. The VJ-Voicebot relies only on continuous and discrete non-verbal vocal sounds to interact with objects in its environment. The demonstration will allow users to experience real-time control of a 5 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) robotic arm using sounds produced from their own vocal system.