Speaky for Robots

Voice interaction is becoming a requirement for a large class of robotic applications. However, it is difficult to find off-the-shelf tools that allow for an easy design of vocal interfaces tailored to a given robotic platform or a given operational domain. We have addressed the design and implementation of dedicated voice interfaces for robots, within the framework of Speaky for Robots (S4R) experiment. In this work, we present the outcomes of the project, mainly a robotic development kit for voice interface generation and a continuous experimental evaluation involving end users to validate our approach.