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What Do Robots Sound Like?

Interviews with professionals and experts discussing audio design for robotics. Ali Tocher is an audio designer working in video games. He also looks at real world applications for sound in hospitals and schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All Episodes

49:24

Chelsea Titus - Linguistics, Quirks, Backstory, Human...

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2025/12/03

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 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 RoboticsChelsea's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-titus-catExtra linksHow button boards are changing human-canine

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49:50

Vasundhara Gupta - UX Sound design, Customisation vs...

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2025/09/13

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 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

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54:16

Paul Bremner - Nuclear decommissioning robots,...

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2025/07/21

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 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 LaboratoryPaul's publications - https://scholar.google.fr/Extra linksBristol Robotics Lab -

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34:32

ChatGPT4o & my friend Matt - Experiment: human robot...

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2025/05/11

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._______Show notes:This month's episode was experimental. With the help of my friend Matt I attempted something I've been thinking about for a while. A human robot interaction - with ChatGPT as the robot.Extra links:Andrej Karpathy explains the workings of Large Language Models (1hr) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g ***SPECIAL

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1:03:35

Kenny Young - AURA, Humanoid robots, Jankiness, Singing

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2025/03/07

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Kenny Young, is a 9x academy nominated composer and sound designer for games (he got one more since I recorded the intro!!)Kenny's website - https://www.audbod.com/Kenny on socials: bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/kcmyoung.bsky.social Twitter - https://x.com/kcmyoungExtra linksAURA at the sphere -

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59:10

Prof Kerstin Fischer - Depiction, Expectation,...

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2025/01/23

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Professor Kerstin Fischer from University of Southern Denmark, she isDirector of the Human-Robot Interaction Lab Sønderborg andProfessor (MSO) for Language and Technology Interaction.Kerstin's Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CSf7_Q0AAAAJ&hl=enKerstin's LinkedIn -

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53:00

Evan Ratliff - Shell Game, Voice Agents, AI, Human...

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/12/20

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Evan Ratliff, isthe writer and host of the 2024 smash hit podcast Shell Game. He is also an award winning investigative journalist and author, having written about technology for the past 25 years.Shell Game Podcast - https://www.shellgame.co/podcastEvan's substack - https://substack.com/@evanratliffEvan's

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1:05:48

Prof Roger Moore - Uncanny Valley, Interaction,...

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2024/11/22

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Professor Roger Moore, is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. He was head of the UK Govt’s Speech Research Unit from 1985 to 1999 and is also chair of a multi-disciplinary research group called VIHAR - which stands for Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and

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45:43

Gabriel Skantze - Furhat, Speech, Persona, LLMs,...

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/10/18

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Gabriel Skantze, is the Chief Scientist at Furhat Robotics - a robotics company based in Sweden. He is also Professor in Speech Communication and Technology, with a specialization in Conversational Systems, at KTH in Stockholm.Furhat Website - https://furhatrobotics.comGabriel's LinkedIn -

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46:34

Calle Stenqvist - Audio branding, physical...

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2024/09/20

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._______Show notes:This month's guest, Calle Stenqvist, is the Creative Director for Plan8 - a design agency for sound. Plan8 Website - https://plan8.se/Calle's LinkedIn - https://se.linkedin.com/in/calle-stenqvist-9353204 Featured -Projects discussed: Thorne & Volvo Recharge RoomNeedscope archetype wheel explainer videoMisattributed Frank Zappa

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47:55

Harrison Zafrin

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2024/08/22

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._______Show notes:This month's guest is UX sound designer Harrison Zafrin who, in his words, "nobody cares more about 8ms sound effects." Harrison works to design sound for multi-sensory interactions on technological devices. I was extra excited to talk to Harrison because he does not work with robots, but the crossover in his professional skillset

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53:30

Mike Forst

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/07/19

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._______Show notes:This month's guest is composer and sound designer Mike Forst who released Amazon's home companion robot Astro. Mike worked as Audio Lead and then became Character Lead on that project. He is now a freelance composer, sound designer and artist.Mike's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-forst-77823718Mike's Instagram -

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1:13:54

Ep 03 - Tracy Bush

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/06/14

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._______Show notes:This month's guest is composer and sound designer Tracy Bush who worked at robotics company Sphero on several licensed robots from film - R2D2, BB8, Lightning McQueen.Tracy's Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/tracywbushMars Rover birthday song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGkUbvPsgNY&t=7sNeal Stephenson w/ Lex Fridman

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45:44

Ep 02 - Ben Gabaldon

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/05/17

Lead Audio for Anki - Vector / CozmoInterviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests._______Show notes:This episode’s guest is Ben Gabaldon, formerly Audio Lead for robotics company Anki, where he shipped audio for robots Cozmo and Vector.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gabaldon-0b829110Cozmo/Vector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MsY9pLWKIBen's WIP videos creating voice for the

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52:56

Ep 01 - Dr Iain McGregor

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/04/12

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._______Episode notes:This episode’s guest is Dr Iain McGregor, an Associate Professor of sound design at Edinburgh’s Napier University.Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/driainmcgregorShow notes:Link to Dr McGregor’s survey “What's in a name? Human-Robot Interaction” Please fill it out if you're

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1:55

Series Introduction

What Do Robots Sound Like? ·

2024/04/11

Introducing What Do Robots Sound Like? - An interview podcast about sound for human robot interactions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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