Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

Playing the emotion game

What we want to do is develop the ability for the robot to convey intent, or to provide a simulation that the robot has needs and desires. We are going to do this by creating a game that the robot will play with humans. The robot will be trying to score points by getting the human to interact socially. The robot will gain points by getting information from the person so that it can get to know them better. The trick for us is, we need the robot to keep this information and remember it.

So, what is this game? What we want the robot to do is ask questions of another person and to use conversation to get personal information out of them, so that the robot then can use that information in replies. We will be saving all ...