Robots to learn how to laugh to improve human-robot conversations
Researchers are attempting to teach robots to laugh for improving human robo interaction. In the researchers’ shared-laughter model, a human laugh first, and the AI system responds with empathetic laughter. The researchers began by annotating speed-dating dialogues to collect training data. University of Kyoto researchers are attempting to teach a robot to laugh. The researchers created a method for developing a “sense of humor” for the Japanese android Erica, which is described in a research paper published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Robots cannot detect or even laugh at…