Our first step is to design our dialog on how we will talk to the robot. Start by making a list of what ways you might tell the robot to pick up the toys in the playroom. Here is my list:
- Let’s clean up this room
- Put away the toys
- Pick up the toys
- Pick up all the toys
- Clean up this room
- Put those away
- Put this away
- Time to clean up
- Who made this mess?
You will note that there are several key words that are specific to the command to clean up the room. We have the word clean, of course. We have the phrase pick up, and away. We also have the words toys or toy, and finally mess. These key words will cue in the natural language processor, and allow some variation in the exact words used.
Next, we write down what we want the robot to ...
