Audio specifications

The audio system is made of :

• Microphones: Two microphones fitted in Reachy 2’s antennas ⇒ Lavalier Go

  

• Speakers: Home made speakers solution based on off-the shelf speakers and off-the-shelf audio amplifier board (just below the Pollen logo in Reachy’s “abdominal cavity”)

  

• Audio interface: Rode AI-Micro dual channel audio interface ⇒ Rode AI-micro

  

It has been designed for two main use cases:

• Teleoperation:
  • Robot ⇒ Operator - Hear what’s going on around the robot with spatialised audio for an immersive experience
  • Operator ⇒ Environment / Person - Communicate with the robot’s direct environment

• Artificial Intelligence:
  • Speech to text (STT): Reachy can translate voice into text
  • Text to Speech (TTS): Reachy translates text into a human-like voice
  • Different use cases are possible:
    • Voice command (e.g. voice ⇒ text ⇒ code ⇒ action)
    • Conversational robot (e.g. voice ⇒ text ⇒ voice)