Companions: talking with Nabaztag

COMPANIONS aim to change the way we think about the relationships of people to computers and the Internet by developing a virtual conversational 'Companion'. This will be an agent or 'presence' that stays with the user for long periods of time, developing a relationship and 'knowing' its owners preferences and wishes. It will communicate with the user primarily by using and understanding speech, but also using other technologies such as RFID sensors.

The Health and Fitness Companion supports healthy eating habits and fitness activities by maintaining records of user's health-related, eating, and exercise information over a long time. Based on this, the Companion provides the user information on healthy eating habits, including how to cook such a food, and how these relate to various fitness activities.

The demonstration uses a Wi-Fi enabled Nabaztag rabbit to interact with the users. It communicates with the user primarily by using and understanding speech, but also using other technologies such as RFID sensors.

Companions website: http://www.companions-project.org/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• companions
• computer
• science
• language
• social
• oii
• speech
• nabaztag