Toward a universal platform for integrating embodied conversational agent components

Authors:
Hung-Hsuan Huang;Tsuyoshi Masuda;Aleksandra Cerekovic;Kateryna Tarasenko;Igor S. Pandzic;Yukiko Nakano;Toyoaki Nishida
Affiliations:
Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan;Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan;Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia;Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan;Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia;Department of Computer, Information and Communication Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan;Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Venue:
KES'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - Volume Part II
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) are computer generated life-like characters that interact with human users in face-to-face conversations. To achieve natural multi-modal conversations, ECA systems are very sophisticated and require many building assemblies and thus are difficult for individual research groups to develop. This paper proposes a generic architecture, the Universal ECA Framework, which is currently under development and includes a blackboard-based platform, a high-level protocol to integrate general purpose ECA components and ease ECA system prototyping.