| Title | Designing a Game Companion for Long-Term Social Interaction |
| Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Leite, I, Castellano G, Pereira A, Martinho C, Paiva A, McOwan PW |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the International Workshop on Affect-Aware Virtual Agents and Social Robots (AFFINE'09), ICMI-MLMI'09 |
| Date Published | November 2009 |
| Publisher | ACM, New York, NY |
| Conference Location | Cambridge, MA |
| Keywords | affect recognition, contextual information, human-robot interaction, lirec, non-verbal behavior |
| Abstract | The ability to understand the user's affective states and expressions is an important requirement for a robot companion. In this paper we focus on an interaction scenario where an iCat robot plays chess with children. We discuss the challenges to address in the design of an affect recognition system for a game companion and we present the initial steps carried out to build a framework for the dynamic modeling of the user's affect. We conclude by providing examples of how we intend to exploit information about the user's affect to generate an empathic behavior in our game companion. |
| URL | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1655260.1655270 |
