Prof Michael Schutz - Hospitals, Alarms, History of the beep, Triangles

Prof Michael Schutz - Hospitals, Alarms, History of the beep, Triangles

Professor of Music Cognition and Percussion, McMaster University Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com [whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com] Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes/links: This month's guest is Professor Michael Schutz from McMaster University where he is Professor for Music Cognition and Percussion. Professor Schutz's Ted talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap8geRll6F0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap8geRll6F0] Patterson Alarm sounds paper: Alarm_Sounds_for_Medical_Equipment_in_Intensive_Care_Areas_and_Operating_Theatres [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245238149_Alarm_Sounds_for_Medical_Equipment_in_Intensive_Care_Areas_and_Operating_Theatres] Alarm examples: https://th.id.au/alarms/ [https://th.id.au/alarms/] IEC alarm specification article: https://puiaudio.com/resource/iec-60601-8-application-guide/ [https://puiaudio.com/resource/iec-60601-8-application-guide/] Bernie Krause book: The Great Animal Orchestra [https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/great-animal-orchestra-book-bernie-krause-9781781250006#GOR004452213 ] ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ [https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/] Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ [https://www.benpearce.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Adam Elman - Voice assistants, Automotive, Utilitarian design

20 year veteran voice designer, Amazon, Microsoft, Ford etc Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com [whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com] Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is Adam Elman, a veteran voice designer with 20 years experience working on Amazon Alexa, Ford Sync, Xbox and more. Adam's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuiadam [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuiadam] Conversation design list, curated by Adam - https://medium.com/@aelman/list/conversation-design-d03ad47d84b8 [https://medium.com/@aelman/list/conversation-design-d03ad47d84b8] Adam's "Favourite Sound" example I used was the trumpet stem from: "Carousel Ride" by Rubblebucket ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ [https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/] Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ [https://www.benpearce.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chelsea Titus - Linguistics, Quirks, Backstory, Human interaction

Principal Conversation Design | Amazon Lab 126, Emerging Products and Consumer Robotics - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com [whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com] Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest is Chelsea Titus, Principal Conversation Design at Amazon Lab 126 - Emerging Products and Consumer Robotics Chelsea's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-cat [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-cat] Extra links How button boards are changing human-canine communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnVSJ8V4wk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnVSJ8V4wk]  Immanuel Kant quote: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made" ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ [https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/] Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ [https://www.benpearce.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Vasundhara Gupta - UX Sound design, Customisation vs adaption, Personality in devices

Amazon Device Design Group - UX Sound Designer - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com [whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com] Any comments or guest suggestions are welcome. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Vasundhara Gupta, is a Senior UX Sound Designer at the Amazon Device Design Group. N.B. One editorial note: we discuss the delicate art of tiny sounds that is the domain of the UX designer. We mention 3m/s sound (three one thousandths of a second), but realistically we should've been speaking in multiplications of 10, to quote Vasu; "3ms is not a number I play with haha. It’s more like 30!" Vasu's website - https://www.vasundharagupta.com/ [https://www.vasundharagupta.com/] Extra links Lata Mangeshkar (legendary Bollywood female lead playback singer) https://tidal.com/artist/30815 [https://tidal.com/artist/30815] Audio UX Sonic branding https://www.auxnyc.com/about [https://www.auxnyc.com/about] Article about San Francisco Int'l Airport's quiet spaces project: https://www.airport-technology.com/features/san-francisco-quiet-airport/ [https://www.airport-technology.com/features/san-francisco-quiet-airport/] ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ [https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/] Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ [https://www.benpearce.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Paul Bremner - Nuclear decommissioning robots, Affordance vs expectation, IORT

Associate Professor - HRI - Bristol Robotics Lab - Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. Contact: whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com [whatdorobotssoundlike@gmail.com] I welcome any comments or guest suggestions. _______ Show notes: This month's guest, Paul Bremner, is Associate Professor in Human-Robot Interaction at Bristol Robotics Laboratory Paul's publications - https://scholar.google.fr/ [https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=gtaZKnAAAAAJ&hl=en] Extra links Bristol Robotics Lab - https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-Staff [https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-Staff] Sellafield UK Nuclear site - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield] Paro seal robot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I] Geminoid realistic clone robot - https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1 [https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1] ***SPECIAL THANKS*** Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/ [https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/] Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/ [https://www.benpearce.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.