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An ACT-R Based Humanoid Social Robot to Manage Storytelling Activities
Agnese AugelloFilippo VellaGiovanni PilatoGiovanni PilatoSalvatore GaglioAdriana Bonosubject
interactive storytellingControl and OptimizationExternalizationComputer sciencelcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinerysocial robotsocial robots050105 experimental psychologyInteractive storytellingcognitive agents03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineArtificial IntelligenceHuman–computer interaction0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesNarrativelcsh:TJ1-1570Set (psychology)Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniSocial robotMechanical Engineering05 social sciencesCognitive architectureACT-R030217 neurology & neurosurgeryHumanoid robotcognitive agentStorytellingdescription
This paper describes an interactive storytelling system, accessible through the SoftBank robotic platforms NAO and Pepper. The main contribution consists of the interpretation of the story characters by humanoid robots, obtained through the definition of appropriate cognitive models, relying on the ACT-R cognitive architecture. The reasoning processes leading to the story evolution are based on the represented knowledge and the suggestions of the listener in critical points of the story. They are disclosed during the narration, to make clear the dynamics of the story and the feelings of the characters. We analyzed the impact of such externalization of the internal status of the characters to set the basis for future experimentation with primary school children.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-12 | Robotics |