Offside
Limelight

“Competitiveness, Innovation and Knowledge” Team and Pedro Barreiro

Free Nonsense

We live in a world where technology plays a major role. Many people assume that any technological breakthrough will be immediately accepted and welcomed by society. Sorry to disappoint you, but this is just not true...", Bruno Santos

Have your say

“I am a fan of the “Show & Tell” meetings(...). The aim is to promote the formation of groups in the area of “Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, study key models in this area and promote team spirit. Therefore, the event has real potential for a group of researchers...", José Pedro Rodrigues

Gallery of the Uncommon

Vanity: It is a sin for some, for others it is temptation but it is a true passion for one particular Inesquian.

Jobs 4 the Boys & Girls

In this section, the reader may find reference to public announcements made by INESC Porto offering grants, contracts and other opportunities of the same kind.

Biptoon

More scenes of how life goes merrily on...

Subscribe to the BIP
 
 

INESC TEC develops humanoid robot that “hears” and dances

INESC TEC develops humanoid robot that “hears” and dances

In collaboration with the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Unit (ROBIS) and the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory (LIACC), the Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) has developed an algorithm that understands the synchronisation of rhythm and this algorithm has been incorporated into a humanoid robot at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). The project has been developed by João Lobato Oliveira, who is responsible for the robot being able to “hear” the beat of the music, and Catarina Santiago, who is responsible for the movement coordination component. Both are researchers at INESC Porto, the coordinating entity of INESC TEC Associate Laboratory, and students at FEUP.

The new software for the humanoid robot introduces a high level of creativity, adapting musical rhythms that vary overtime and in the future it will be able to interact more with humans.

Armando Sousa from ROBIS and Luís Paulo Reis from the University of Minho and LIACC both participated in this project with Fabien Gouyon from UTM as the project supervisor.