Sony Corporation

Kotaro Sabe

Masahiro Fujita

Tsuyoshi Takagi

Makoto Inoue

Takayuki Sakamoto

Osamu Hanagata

Naohiro Fukumura

Kenta Kawamoto

Masaki Fukuchi

Atsushi Okubo

Kyoko Furumura

Naoyasu Hosonuma

Rika Horinaka

Gabriel Costa

Rika Hasegawa

Craig Ronald Arkin

Sentences corresponding to internal statuses of a robot device or the like are created and uttered, thereby expressing the internal statuses. The robot device or the like comprise means for recognizing an external status, and means for generating an emotion based on the internals status, whereby a change in the emotion is reflected upon a dialogue. The internal status is not associated with a sentence, but it exists independently of the system and is always varied depending on various external inputs and internal changes of the system. Accordingly, even when the same question is made on the robot device or the like, the contents of a reply are changed depending on the internal status at that time, and a manner of providing a reply also differs depending on the internal status.

Robot device with changing dialogue and control method therefor and storage medium

A robot apparatus is provided. A CPUdetermines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensorThe CPUalso deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If the CPU finds that the output value exceeds the pre-set threshold value, it verifies whether or not there is any vacant area in a memory cardIf the CPU finds that there is any vacant area in a memory cardit causes the picture data captured from the CCD video camerato be stored in the vacant area in the memory cardAt this time, the CPUcauses the time and date data and the feeling parameter in the memory cardin association with the picture data. The CPUalso re-arrays the picture data stored in the memory cardin the sequence of the decreasing magnitude of the feeling model output.

Robot apparatus

A robot apparatus is provided. A CPUdetermines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor. The CPUalso deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If the CPU finds that the output value exceeds the pre-set threshold value, it verifies whether or not there is any vacant area in a memory card. If the CPU finds that there is any vacant area in a memory card, it causes the picture data captured from the CCD video camerato be stored in the vacant area in the memory card. At this time, the CPUcauses the time and date data and the feeling parameter in the memory cardin association with the picture data. The CPUalso re-arrays the picture data stored in the memory cardin the sequence of the decreasing magnitude of the feeling model output.

A CPUdetermines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor. The CPUalso deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If the CPU finds that the output value exceeds the pre-set threshold value, it verifies whether or not there is any vacant area in a memory card. If the CPU finds that there is any vacant area in a memory card, it causes the picture data captured from the CCD video camerato be stored in the vacant area in the memory card. At this time, the CPUcauses the time and date data and the feeling parameter in the memory cardin association with the picture data. The CPUalso re-arrays the picture data stored in the memory cardin the sequence of the decreasing magnitude of the feeling model output.

Robot apparatus, method of controlling robot apparatus, method of display, and medium

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