SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots ppt

[...]... concepts and technology of Socially Intelligent Agents The second part addresses current and potential applications of Socially Intelligent Agents The first part of the book has twelve chapters organized in three sections covering three major themes, namely relationships between agents and humans, edited by Alan Bond, agents and emotions/personality edited by Lola Cañamero, and communities of social agents, ... be Are relationships possible at all, and if so, what would it mean for an agent and a human to have a relationship? What theoretical bases should we use for this problem? How Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots 5 can we design and implement agents that engage in and maintain relationships with users? How will we be able to provide and to manage such agents? There are a number of dimensions... model of a socially intelligent agent, and its dynamics of relationships between agents and between humans and agents He establishes two main properties of his model which he suggests are necessary for agent-human relationships The first is voluntary action and engagement: agents, and humans, must act voluntarily and autonomously The second is mutual control: in a relationship humans and agents must... to explore the design space of autonomous robots in autism therapy The chapter describes playful interactions of autistic children and adults with different robots that vary significantly in their appearance and behavior, ranging from spherical robotic ‘balls’ to robots with arms and tails that can play rewarding games Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots 11 Chapter 16 discusses how an interactive... of Socially Intelligent Agents, providing a useful and timely reference for computer scientists, web programmers and designers, computer users, and researchers interested in the issue of how humans relate to computers and robots, and how these agents in return can relate to them Each of the 32 chapters is, compared to a journal article, relatively short and compact, focusing on the main theoretical and. .. therapists and parents, in particular with regard to repetitive teaching sessions Computer technology is generally very ‘patient’ and can easily repeat the same tasks and situations over and over again, while interaction and learning histories can be monitored and 10 Socially Intelligent Agents tracked At the same time, interaction with computer technology can provide users with rewarding and often... overview and reference book More and more researchers and PhD students Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots 3 are interested in learning about and participating in SIA research, but at present the only way to learn about the field is to go through and select among a large number of widely ‘distributed’ and often difficult to access publications, i.e journal issues, books, conference and workshop... used to Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots 15 write and tell stories and to create ‘emotions’ that the robot can act out Using Storykit children can create their own StoryRooms that provide story-telling experience Tests of PETS and StoryKit were promising and let to a list of design guidelines that for building attractive and interactive story environments for children 2.7 Socially Intelligent. .. 1 SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots Kerstin Dautenhahn1, Alan Bond2, Lola Cañamero1, and Bruce Edmonds3 1 University of Hertfordshire, 2 California Institute of Technology, 3 Manchester Metropolitan University Abstract 1 This introduction explains the motivation to edit this book and provides an overview of the chapters included in this book Main themes and. .. the reader with further detailed information In the area of software and intelligent agents many other publications are available, e.g [1], [9], [6], proceedings of the Autonomous Agents and other conferences, just to name a few However, none of them provide a state-ofthe-art reference book on Socially Intelligent Agents with an interdisciplinary approach including both software and robotic agents Despite . Contents Contributing Authors ix 1 Socially Intelligent Agents: Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots 1 Kerstin Dautenhahn, Alan Bond, Lola Cañamero and Bruce Edmonds 2 Understanding Social Intelligence 21 Per.