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Robovie: Communication technologies for a social robot

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ATR Media Information Science Laboratories has developed a humanoid-type robot that can work in our daily life and fit naturally into human society. This robot will be a platform for developing various types of service robots, such as cleaning robots, security patrol robots, and entertainment robots, based on a rich communication ability.

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  1. Ono T, Imai M (2000) Reading a robot's mind: a model of utterance understanding based on the theory of mind mechanism. In: Proceedings of AAAI-2000, pp 142–148

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  1. ATR MIS Laboratories, 2-2-2 Souraku, Seika, 619-0288, Kyoto, Japan

    Michita Imai, Tetsuo Ono & Hiroshi Ishiguro

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  1. Michita Imai
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Imai, M., Ono, T. & Ishiguro, H. Robovie: Communication technologies for a social robot. Artif Life Robotics 6, 73–77 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481212

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