Robots, Natural Language, Social Networks, and Art

Creating robots that can fluidly converse in natural language, and cooperate and sozialize with their human partners is a goal that has always captured human imagination. Furthermore, it is a goal that requires truly interdisciplinary research: engineering, computer science, as well as the cognitive sciences are crucial towards its realization. Challenges and current progress towards this goal will be illustrated through two real-world robot examples: the conversational robot Ripley, and the FaceBots social robots which utilize and publish social information on the FaceBook website. Finally, a quick glimpse towards novel educational and artistic avenues opened by such robots will be provided, through the Interactive Theatre installation of the Ibn Sina robot.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Interactive Robots and Media Lab, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 17551, U.A.E.

   Nikolaos Mavridis

Editors and Affiliations

1. Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR Demokritos, Ag. Paraskevi, 15310, Athens, Greece

   Stasinos Konstantopoulos , Stavros Perantonis , Vangelis Karkaletsis  & Constantine D. Spyropoulos , ,  & 

2. Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, 83200, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece

   George Vouros

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