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Author:   Richard Savery (Macquarie University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Chapman & Hall/CRC
Weight:   0.821kg
ISBN:  

9781032340845

ISBN 10:   1032340843
Pages:   343
Publication Date:   21 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The Landscape of Sound and Robotics Part 1: Speech 2. Effects of Number of Voices and Voice Type on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception 3. Learning from Humans: How Research on Vocalizations can Inform the Conceptualization of Robot Sound 4. Talk To Me: Using speech for loss-of-trust mitigation in social robots 5. Grounding Spoken Language Part 2: Non-semantic Audio 6. Consequential Sounds and their Effect on Human Robot Interaction 7. Robot Sound in Distributed Audio Environments 8. Navigating Robot Sonification: Exploring Four Approaches to Sonification in Autonomous Vehicles 9. Towards Improving User Experience and Shared Task Performance with Mobile Robots through Parameterized Nonverbal State Sonification 10. How Happy Should I Be? Leveraging Neuroticism and Extraversion for Music-Driven Emotional Interaction in Robotics 11. Augmenting a Group of Task-Driven Robotic Arms with Emotional Musical Prosody Part 3: Robotic Musicianship and Musical Robots 12. Musical Robots : Overview and Methods for Evaluation 13. Robotic Dancing, Emotional Gestures and Prosody: A Framework for Gestures of Three Robotic Platforms 14. Dead Stars and ‘Live’ Singers: Posthumous ‘Holographic’ Performances in the US and Japan

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"""This book is a timely introduction to the sonic world as it relates to robots and human-robot interaction. Covering an eclectic range of topics including speech, music and emotion, it provides a valuable exploration of contemporary issues in an area of growing importance.” -Prof Roger K Moore, Chair of Spoken Language Processing, Vocal Interactivity Lab (VILab), Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield ""Sound transcends its role as a mere instrument for human communication; it has evolved into an essential aspect of our interaction with the machines surrounding us. This book offers a vital compilation of insights into how sound can be integrated as a central component in the future of robotics.” -Dr Martin Clancy, editor of Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem"

Author Information

Richard Savery is a Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia, working at the intersection of sound and robotics. He completed his doctorate in Music Technology at Georgia Tech, USA, focusing on the use of non-verbal audio for improved human-robot interaction.

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