While most voice recognition systems built intoconsumer devices use cloud-based databases to understand what theuser is saying, MOVI has a 2GB on-board database of up to 200 customizable sentences.

One of the recurring themes of science fiction is the robot. From such icons as C-3PO and R2D2 in Star Wars to WALL-E and Eve, robots have always had a certain appeal. Inexpensive microcontrollers … ...

Instructables user ASCAS shows off how to add voice control to your Arduino projects using your Android phone and Bluetooth. The Arduino gets a Bluetooth attachment and a set of code.

The system, built over at Adafruit, includes a simple Arduino controller, a potentiometer to control the speed of the cowbell hammer, and a few audio systems to play back some BÖC and the ...