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Design of a Multi-agent Architecture for Implementing Educational Drama Techniques Using Robot Actors

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Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 8th International Conference (MIS4TEL 2018)

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Abstract

DramaBot, a platform for implementing drama techniques using robot actor that support the learning and teaching of non-technical school subjects, is presented. This platform provides non-programmer students and teachers with an easy-to-use programming environment that allows the intuitive creation of theatrical scripts for robot actors. Additionally, DramaBot enriches the script performance by adding an emotional interpretation of the defined users’ actions and by also producing emergent emotional and life-like behaviors. The design of the architecture of DramaBot is based on multi-agent system (MAS) approach. The Agent-Oriented Programming based on Organizational Approach methodology (AOPOA) is used to design the multi-agent system of DramaBot architecture. After applying the AOPOA methodology, it was found that DramaBot has three main types of agents: Script Agent, Director Agent, and Actor Agent. The Actor Agent is mapped to be implemented a Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) architecture that includes four subsystems: belief, cooperation, motivation, and action subsystems. In this paper, the agent design process and the Actor Agent architecture are presented.

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  1. Engineering School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

    Flor A. Bravo, Alejandra M. Gonzalez & Enrique Gonzalez

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Tania Di Mascio

  2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Pierpaolo Vittorini

  3. Computer Science Faculty, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Rosella Gennari

  4. BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando De la Prieta

  5. BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez

  6. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Marco Temperini

  7. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Ricardo Azambuja Silveira

  8. Faculty of Automation Computers and Electronics Computers and Information Technology Department, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Elvira Popescu

  9. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Coppito, Holy See (Vatican City State)

    Loreto Lancia

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Bravo, F.A., Gonzalez, A.M., Gonzalez, E. (2019). Design of a Multi-agent Architecture for Implementing Educational Drama Techniques Using Robot Actors. In: Di Mascio, T., et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 8th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 804. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98872-6_21

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