RoboThespian the robot actor - programming movement with Blender

[SebastianNO2]

Does it like pens?

[RyouuichiKun15]

yeah he is good...but...

CAN HE MOON WALK?! O-O....i don't think so v_v

[Erilis666]

i want my robo thespian to juggle monkeys!

[ffallenaangel]

he said in blender!?

[maxxehdood]

Wow, the animation is very stiff and amateur looking, perhaps because of the mechanical limitations; I've applied for a job with you to help correct that hopefully!

It'd be great to work with something like this, and push the boundaries of robotics and interactivity.

[glenpike]

@maxxehdood

Not the best thing to write if you want a job.

How about you fix all the problems and bring your results to your interview next week, then we might think about giving you the job.

[maxxehdood]

@glenpike

My apologies, I didn't mean to cause offence at all, I just noticed that on the screen showing blender, the motion is very stiff looking, but as I said this may have been done for a reason!

For example, the chicken part at the end, the motion is applied to the hands and not the elbows, which I found rather strange.

Have the interview confirmations been sent out? As I'm not sure if I even have one!

If I did have an interview, I'd love to give it a go!

[quocanh263]

Anyone can tell me how to produce these expressive gestures corresponding to the speech?

[olafmydog]

they should make it look like a real human

[dofollowme]

Why not create a removable synthetic skin, adding a little human attachment to Robothespian that would make him more realistic to a wider audience. After all, a Robot isn't just a robot?

[ajbgatorgirl]

Why would you want that?

[Soupdragoon]

Can he mix drinks?

[Spyhunter3391]

Lol RoboLesbian also damn you skynet!

[FischKopfD]

cool, now make him walk...

[wurstthefirst]

Brilliant!! A Cornish company leading the way in the world of robotics! Kernow bys Vyken!

[XxBelkYxX]

this dude is british.

[EngineeredArts]

No its not going into space

[r4jk3]

blender owns !

[gombabacsi]

wow, blender controlled

yeah, good luck to blender and nasa!

[CelestialElf]

amazing....

[Currsus]

The future is near.

[ivanmyh]

C-3PO

[SuperJoe118]

were i get the 3d robothespain from i dont want to buy it yet from my school but i got blender and i want to have a copy of the 3d robot

[zeekmizaka]

is this a real robot or is this made on blender

[malakh777]

Unfortunately I am guess he can not walk.. he just stands there

[fujikisekix]

This robot is good at speaking. How does he answer the question of human?

[bluescluesparody]

where can i get one?

[tskhk]

Inspired by C3PO?

[Rachey827]

sorry to tell you this, but that's not a toaster. ;)

[ossisTONE]

RoboLesbian.

I like robots. :)

I'm not a lesbian.

Hey, cool! Blender!

[iwantcoolname]

that's what I heared, too

[maximum4volume]

You guys should sell these. and program them to help work. it would be great..although they'd be expensive and people who purchased them would get fat and lazy. Very cool though..

[hamdemon101]

frakkin hate toasters

[AtomFury]

What really catches my eye, is the relatively fluid movement of the limbs to coincide with specific phrases/words and sentence fluency with emphasized tones and whatnot. On that note, is this kind of natural speech retained when done on-the-fly or was this just dubbed beforehand and played?

It looks really nice overall, it would easily catch eyes and attention.

[EngineeredArts]

The speech in this clip is pre recorded - the lip sync is generated on the fly - RT also has a high quality text to speech engine with support for 23 languages - but the emotive quality is not quite so good.

[greyspot00]

o_o

YES

[telephonedude]

Wow, this looks awesome! And the fact that you're using open-source software only makes it that much more enjoyable; I'm looking forward to more of this! =)

[ShaneNewville]

Wow! That's awesome.

[EngineeredArts]

We did try mechanical eyes - but didn't like them - not as fast or versatile - we plan to use pico projectors for a new version

[CatPanDaddy]

Are there plans to put in physical eye structures instead of the LCD panels?

[GreenTeaGringo]

that's good work, I am sure it is (or will be) paying off.