In this paper we describe an event-based integration approach for building a human-robot spoken interaction system using the Nao robot platform with the Urbi middleware ,used as a testbed for investigating child-robot interaction in the ALIZ-E project. Our integrated system includes components for the recognition, interpretation and generation of speech and gestures and for dialogue management. We describe the components and how we adapted and extended them for use in a system that interacts with children in Italian. We present an event-based approach we have chosen for the implementation of the interfaces and the integration mechanism.
Kruijff-Korbayova, I, Athanasopoulos, G, Beck, A, Cosi, P, Cuayahuitl, H, Dekens, T, Enescu, V, Hiolle, A, Kiefer, B, Sahli, H, Schröder, M, Sommavilla, G, Tesser, F & Verhelst, W 2011, An Event-Based Conversational System for the Nao Robot. in RL Delgado & T Kobayashi (eds), Proceedings of the Paralinguistic Information and its Integration in Spoken Dialogue Systems Workshop (IWSDS 2011). Springer, pp. 125-132, Unknown, 1/09/11.
Kruijff-Korbayova, I., Athanasopoulos, G., Beck, A., Cosi, P., Cuayahuitl, H., Dekens, T., Enescu, V., Hiolle, A., Kiefer, B., Sahli, H., Schröder, M., Sommavilla, G., Tesser, F., & Verhelst, W. (2011). An Event-Based Conversational System for the Nao Robot. In R. L. Delgado, & T. Kobayashi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Paralinguistic Information and its Integration in Spoken Dialogue Systems Workshop (IWSDS 2011) (pp. 125-132). Springer.
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title = "An Event-Based Conversational System for the Nao Robot",
abstract = "In this paper we describe an event-based integration approach for building a human-robot spoken interaction system using the Nao robot platform with the Urbi middleware ,used as a testbed for investigating child-robot interaction in the ALIZ-E project. Our integrated system includes components for the recognition, interpretation and generation of speech and gestures and for dialogue management. We describe the components and how we adapted and extended them for use in a system that interacts with children in Italian. We present an event-based approach we have chosen for the implementation of the interfaces and the integration mechanism.",
keywords = "human-robot interaction, integration, Nao, Urbi, italian children speech recognition, italian speech synthesis, voice activity detection, dialogue management, natural language generation, non-verbal behavior generation",
author = "Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova and Georgios Athanasopoulos and Aryel Beck and Piero Cosi and Heriberto Cuayahuitl and Tomas Dekens and Valentin Enescu and Antoine Hiolle and Bernd Kiefer and Hichem Sahli and Marc Schr{\"o}der and Giacomo Sommavilla and Fabio Tesser and Werner Verhelst",
note = "Ramon Lopez-Cozar Delgado, Tetsunori Kobayashi; Unknown ; Conference date: 01-09-2011",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4614-1334-9",
pages = "125--132",
editor = "Delgado, {Ramon Lopez-cozar} and Tetsunori Kobayashi",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Paralinguistic Information and its Integration in Spoken Dialogue Systems Workshop (IWSDS 2011)",
publisher = "Springer",
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