Abstract: The present technology relates to a transportation movable object capable of providing novel cooking experiences. A transportation movable object according to an aspect of the present technology includes: a top plate on which an object to be transported placed by a cooking arm of a cooking system or a person is placed, the cooking arm being driven in accordance with a cooking process; an extensible support arm that supports the top plate; a movement unit that is connected to the support arm and performs movement for transportation of the object to be transported; and a control unit that controls an attitude state including a state of the top plate and a state of the support arm and a movement state of the movement unit in accordance with a cooking state in the cooking system. The present technology can be applied to a system kitchen having a robotic function.

Abstract: There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music.

Abstract: There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music.