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 LIving with Robots and InteractivE Companions
+LIREC aims to establish a multi-faceted theory of artificial long-term companions (including memory, emotions, cognition, communication, learning, etc.), embody this theory in robust and innovative technology and experimentally verify both the theory and technology in real social environments. Whether as robots, social toys or graphical and mobile synthetic characters, interactive and sociable technology is advancing rapidly. However, the social, psychological and cognitive foundations and consequences of such technological artefacts entering our daily lives - at work, or in the home - are less well understood.
+Key areas of the research will focus on are:
+==Long term companions==
+Robots and agents which build up a long term relationship with their users.
+==Agent migration==
+In order to maintain a long term companionship, the agent will be required to move between different forms. Forms currently under investigation are:
+  * Mobile robot
+  * Fixed robot
+  * Handheld device
+  * Fixed graphical system
+This migration between these devices, and how people relate to this migration is a core element of the research.
 ===Scenarios===
+The scenarios are to be considered preliminary ideas for showcases for the technology developed for lirec, and are designed partly to exhibit ways in which
 ==Heriot Watt==