M14 First Skeleton Companions : April 2009

D9.2. First skeleton companions M14 Result of completion of T9.1.2 Report, live experiment

Very sketchy ideas at this point, pending more information and getting hands dirty with ION. Will be pruned and solidified as more information is acquired.

What:

• Multiple interacting agents
• Long term memory and personality based on fictional characters
• Short term memory based on beginning of play
• Audience participation

Why:

• Audience familiar with characters
• Could form a good benchmark for social interaction
• How do they resolve interesting social situations
• Start in the middle of a familiar story?
• What happens after the story ends?

Further:

• Heron's Nauplius
• Robot Macbeth
• Robot Soap Operas

What:

• Look into alternative methods of communicating affective state to the user
• Non-vocal sounds
• Non-literal visuals

Why:

• Uncanny valley
• Remove the problem of simulating human expressions
• The challenge of meeting the robot halfway in mutual understanding
• Deciphering communication could engage people

Further: