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What Do Robots Sound Like?

What Do Robots Sound Like?

Written by: Ali Tocher
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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.

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  • Chelsea Titus - Linguistics, Quirks, Backstory, Human interaction
    Dec 3 2025

    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.

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    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


    Extra links


    How button boards are changing human-canine communication: 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/


    Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

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    49 mins
  • Vasundhara Gupta - UX Sound design, Customisation vs adaption, Personality in devices
    Sep 13 2025

    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.

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    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/


    Extra links


    Lata Mangeshkar (legendary Bollywood female lead playback singer) https://tidal.com/artist/30815

    Audio UX Sonic branding 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/



    ***SPECIAL THANKS***


    Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/


    Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    50 mins
  • Paul Bremner - Nuclear decommissioning robots, Affordance vs expectation, IORT
    Jul 21 2025

    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.

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    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/


    Extra links


    Bristol Robotics Lab - https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/Core-Staff

    Sellafield UK Nuclear site - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield

    Paro seal robot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I

    Geminoid realistic clone robot - https://robotsguide.com/robots/geminoidhi1




    ***SPECIAL THANKS***


    Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/


    Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54 mins
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