Abstract. Ambient intelligent systems are defined as being able to perceive their environment, being aware of the presence of people and other agents, and respond intelligently to...
Any model of the world a robot constructs on the basis of its sensor data is necessarily both incomplete, due to the robot's limited window on the world, and uncertain, due t...
Prior research into embodied interface agents has found that users like them and find them engaging. In this paper, we argue that embodiment can serve an even stronger function if...
Justine Cassell, Timothy W. Bickmore, Hannes H&oum...
In this paper we introduce a system that automatically adds different types of non-verbal behavior to a given dialogue script between two virtual embodied agents. It allows us to t...
Werner Breitfuss, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishiz...
We describe our preliminary work in modeling conversation specifications and policies as positive/negative permissions and obligations. Our model is generic as it is independent o...