| dc.description.abstract | This thesis introduces the design and fabrication of a cute and small family robot which can be put on a table. The robot has four main capabilities which are simple dialogue, photo taking, remote monitoring, and timed reminder to interact with people by voice and speech. To recognize people’s voice and show some messages, there are four sound sensors, a micro-phone, a webcam, a speaker and a 7 inches LCD screen installed on the head of robot. There are also three motors which rotate with different degrees to perform the postures of its body. The four sound sensors can detect the sound source position and the motor in the base can turn the robot’s body to face the direction of the sound. The microphone receives the speech of users and by speech recognition system the robot can have simple dialogue with users. At the same time of the dialogue, the LCD screen shows the corresponding facial expression which may be happiness, anger, or sadness. Furthermore, the robot’s body also has some postures corresponding to the dialogue. On the other hand, the robot can take photos according to the command of users, and the photos will be saved in the cloud drive by internet and users can pick up the photos according to the QR codes shown in the LCD screen. We also can remotely control the turning of the robot to monitor and take photos to the environment in front of the robot. The last mode is the “timed reminder” which can remind users with voice, music and motions to do something when the set time is up. | en_US |