Development of Integrated System for operating integrally with robot and virtual agent

Abstract

Recently, research on robot communication has been conducted. Robots have been shown friendly on the physicality and developed positive relationships through human contact. On the other hand, virtual agents(VA) have an advantage that is portability and taking a communication complementary with robots. In our research, we aim to develop a robot-agent integration system that enables continuous communication between robot and VA. By sharing conversation content and user parameters, the system allows for ongoing communicative responses between robot and VA. Furthermore, we perform experiment to determine whether the developed system meets the requirements specifications and conducts customized communication for the user.