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ANTONIO CHELLA

An architecture with a mobile phone interface for the interaction of a human with a humanoid robot expressing emotions and personality

  • Authors: Chella, A;Sorbello, R;Pilato, G;Vassallo, G;Balistreri, G;Giardina, M
  • Publication year: 2011
  • Type: Capitolo o Saggio
  • Key words: Humanoid Robot,Emotions,Personality, Latent Semantic Analysis
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/74667

Abstract

In this paper is illustrated the cognitive architecture of a humanoid robot based on the proposed paradigm of Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA). This paradigm is a step towards the simulation of an emotional behavior of a robot interacting with humans. The LSA approach allows the creation and the use of a data driven high-dimensional conceptual space. We developed an architecture based on three main areas: Sub-conceptual, Emotional and Behavioral. The first area analyzes perceptual data coming from the sensors. The second area builds the sub-symbolic representation of emotions in a conceptual space of emotional states. The last area triggers a latent semantic behavior which is related to the humanoid emotional state. The robot shows its overall behavior also taking into account its "personality". We implemented the system on a Aldebaran NAO humanoid robot and we tested the emotional interaction with humans through the use of a mobile phone as an interface.