Researchers say their acoustic swarm can localize voices and mute annoying people in the background without prior exposure.
. This tech relies on filtering out background noise for one person. This acoustic swarm, however, focuses on creating a cone of audio around different groups, allowing it to control where audio from multiple groups and conversations is going.
It is obviously a bit more involved than the first example I used, which relies on background noise filtration. And, if the video that the engineers have used to showcase the technology is any indication, it could really help out at big gatherings of people, at least once the tech is better updated and improved upon.
The acoustic swarm is self-deploying. All the speaker has to do is arrange the seven microphones that the robots use to create a partition within the room, acting as a “speech zone.” The robots then use this zone to track and identify the voices, even as they move. One of the biggest purposes behind the design is to allow you to mute noisy zones – like annoying people in the background – when you need to for important conversations, video conferences, and other things.
Ultimately, the research says that the robots could localize the voices 90 percent of the time, within 1.6 feet of each other. That, I have to admit, is very impressive, and I’m absolutely intrigued to see where it goes from here.
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