Human - Humanoid Robot Interaction: The 20Q Game

  • Diego Pardo
  • Òscar Franco
  • Joan Sàez-Pons
  • Amara Andrés
  • Cecilio Angulo
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 7656)

Abstract

This article introduces the development of a human-robot interaction’s system. The NAO humanoid robot has been programmed to play the popular 20 questions (20Q) game. The system includes modules for both, speech recognition and text-to-speech as mechanisms for exchanging information with the humanoid robot. The system has been tested with non-expert volunteers to analyse which kind of interaction is obtained.

Keywords

HRI social robot interaction 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Diego Pardo
    • 1
  • Òscar Franco
    • 1
  • Joan Sàez-Pons
    • 1
  • Amara Andrés
    • 1
  • Cecilio Angulo
    • 1
  1. 1.Centre d’Estudis Tecnòlogics per atenció a la Dependència i la Vida AutònomaUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya · UPC BarcelonaTechVilanova i la GeltrúSpain

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