How To Control Robots (and Other Devices) with Your Voice
Learn how to build speech recognition applications that let you control devices using voice commands. This article shows how you can control a robot's movement with spoken commands.
by Sara Morgan Rea
March 16, 2006
oice command interfaces may be the next big thing. In this article, I'll walk you through the process of using the Microsoft Speech Server SDK to create a voice-command interface that you can use to control an affordable and easy-to-assemble robot named ARobot. Even if you do not want to purchase the ARobot, you can follow through the article to understand how the command interface works.
Assembling a Robot
I'll start with the robot—as that's probably bothering you right now. Don't worry, this particular robot is quite easy to set up. The robot is named ARobot (see Figure 1) and is produced by Arrick Robotics. It is available for purchase for $339.00 US. With the purchase, you get an ARobot, a Basic Stamp 2 controller, a Basic Stamp Programming book, and a book written by ARobot's creator, "Robot Building for Dummies."
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oice command interfaces may be the next big thing. In this article, I'll walk you through the process of using the Microsoft Speech Server SDK to create a voice-command interface that you can use to control an affordable and easy-to-assemble robot named ARobot. Even if you do not want to purchase the ARobot, you can follow through the article to understand how the command interface works.
