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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Brandon C. Annan, Westwood Hills, KS (US);

Joshua R. Cole, Overland Park, KS (US);

Deborah L. Gilbert, Kansas City, MO (US);

Dhananjay Indurkar, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of synchronizing robot motion with a social interaction. The method comprises storing in the robot a map that associates keywords with at least one robot motion, composing by the robot a dialogue based on a context of a social interaction with a human being, searching the dialogue for keywords, parsing the dialogue to determine its syntax, and analyzing the syntax. The method further comprises generating, by the robot, a robot motion script synchronized with the dialogue based on mapping one or more keywords located in the dialogue to robot motions, based on the syntax of the dialogue, and based on a physical cadence, wherein the robot motion script comprises a sequence of separate robot motions. The method further comprises playing aloud the dialogue by the robot and performing the robot motion script by the robot in synchronization with the playing aloud of the dialogue.


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