Related projects at Carnegie Mellon


The Interbots Initiative: at the Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University's department for the development of alternative combinations of the arts and sciences.
The Project on People and Robots: at the The Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University's department for the research of how people and computers create, interact, disseminate and share information.

Robotics


The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University's world renowned robotics department.

Xavier, the father of Vikia.

Amelia, the mother of Vikia.

The Nursebot Project, robotic assistants for the elderly.



Interaction and Personality


The Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University's new department for the development of alternative combinations of the arts and sciences.

The Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University's department for the research of how people and computers create, interact, disseminate and share information.

Festival, the speech program used for Vikia.

Sphinx, another tool used for Vikia's speech.

Advanced Multimedia Processing Lab, whose software is being used for Vikia's facial animation.

Ken Perlin's FaceDemo which provided an initial version of Vikia's facial animation.