Chapter 72 — Social Robotics

Nonverbal envelope displays to support turn-taking behavior

This video is a demonstration of Kismet's envelope displays to regulate turn-taking during a "conversation". In this video, Kismet is "speaking" with one person, but also acknowledges the presence of a second person. The robot is not communicating an actual language, so this video is more reminiscent of speaking with a pre-linguistic child. The nonverbal turn-taking behavior is what is being highlighted.
Cynthia Breazeal
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MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab