This weird looking chap is the Waseda Talker-7 robot, and it makes those strange vowel sounds not through a loudspeaker, but a biomechanical simulation of the way we humans speak. To that end, it’s ...

Hanna Rosin: Hey. It’s Hanna, again. So last year, we did an episode with the sound designer behind The Zone of Interest, which ended up winning the Oscar for Best Sound. We thought we’d do a similar ...

We often hear about alumni from Berklee College of Music in Boston winning Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, or Tonys. But did you know there was a select group of students who helped make sounds for robots ...

Figure AI Inc. has launched its second-generation humanoid robot, Figure 02, which refines every aspect of its predecessor, Figure 01. This advancement brings the company closer to its goal of selling ...

It’s not completely unusual to see animated contenders in the Academy Awards sound race — Guillermo del Toro’s 2022 retelling of “Pinocchio” was the last to make the short list, and Pixar’s 2020 film ...

Boston Dynamics made its robot dogs speak using ChatGPT, and they all have different personalities. The personalities include "1920's Archaeologist," "Precious Metal Cowgirl," and "Nature Documentary.