日本早稻田大学的高西淳夫教授和NTT通信科学基础研究所的一个研究小组合作开发了一种像人一样发声的机器人。该机器人高１６０cm，宽度和进深分别为５０cm，具有和人一样的骨骼结构，作出模仿喉肌肉的结构，设置和肺一样的空间，和人一样让其吸入或吐出一定量的空气。由肺供到 Prof. Takasaki, a professor at Waseda University in Japan, and a research group at NTT’s Institute of Communication and Basic Sciences developed a robot that sounds like a human being. The robot is 160cm tall, 50cm deep and 50cm deep. It has the same bone structure as the human body. It is designed to mimic the structure of the larynx muscles and to set the same space as the lungs to allow inhalation or discharge of a certain amount of air. Supplied by the lungs