Rika Hasegawa

An Ethological and Emotional Basis for Human-Robot Interaction

Abstract This paper presents the role of ethological and emotional models as the basis for an architecture in support of entertainment robotic systems. Specific examples for Sony’s AIBO are presented as well as extensions related to a new humanoid robot, SDR.

Ethological modeling and architecture for an entertainment robot

Presents a method for creating high-fidelity models of animal behavior for use in robotic systems based on a behavioral systems approach, and describes in particular how an ethological model of a domestic dog can be implemented with AIBO, the Sony entertainment robot.

Architecture and preliminary experimental results for emotionally grounded symbol acquisition

In this paper, we propose a novel concept, “Emotionally Grounded Symbol Acquisition”, which is an extended idea of well- studied concept, “Physically Grounded Symbol Acquisition”. We think it is important for an autonomous robot to ground symbols not only on the physical world but also on its emotions. Based on this concept, we propose an Emotionally Grounded Architecture for behavior control, which enables an autonomous robot such as pet- type robot to respond properly to external stimuli based on its own emotional evaluation.