Design and Development of Communication Robots Inspired by Personificated Characters with Limited Cognitive Ability

Abstract

We propose to use anthropomorphic characters with limited cognitive ability as a milestone of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research. We believe, small robot capable of nonverbal expression using movement of arm, facial expression and move around are effective to achieve this milestones. In this paper, we discuss the design of small communication robot can perform nonverbal expression, and report the hardware design and development status.