Constructing human-robot interaction with standard cognitive architecture (original) (raw)

This paper discusses how to extend cognitive models with an explicit interaction model. The work is based on the Standard Model of Cognitive Architecture which is extended by an explicit model for (spoken) interactions following the Constructive Dialogue Modelling (CDM) approach. The goal is to study how to integrate a cognitively appropriate framework into an architecture which allows smooth communication in human-robot interactions, and the starting point is to model construction of shared understanding of the dialogue context and the partner’s intentions. Implementation of conversational interaction is considered important in the context of social robotics which aim to understand and respond to the user’s needs and affective state. The paper describes integration of the architectures but not experimental work towards this goal.