Natural Interaction with Personality and Dialogue Enabled Robots

The subject of this demonstration is natural human robot interaction. More specifically we demonstrate specific technological advancements that enable robots to perceive and understand natural human behavior as well as to act in ways that are familiar to humans. The demonstration is built around a museum guide use-case, where a simulated robotic guide is operating in a virtual environment. During the demonstration visitors are able to interact with the simulated robot using natural language and gestures. At the same time, videos of a real robot operating in a real museum are also demonstrated. Both the real and the simulated robot are using the same software components.