@inproceedings{a7bc1fe0574945339a31442b0dbe8920,
title = "Leolani: A reference machine with a theory of mind for social communication",
abstract = "Our state of mind is based on experiences and what other people tell us. This may result in conflicting information, uncertainty, and alternative facts. We present a robot that models relativity of knowledge and perception within social interaction following principles of the theory of mind. We utilized vision and speech capabilities on a Pepper robot to build an interaction model that stores the interpretations of perceptions and conversations in combination with provenance on its sources. The robot learns directly from what people tell it, possibly in relation to its perception. We demonstrate how the robot{\textquoteright}s communication is driven by hunger to acquire more knowledge from and on people and objects, to resolve uncertainties and conflicts, and to share awareness of the perceived environment. Likewise, the robot can make reference to the world and its knowledge about the world and the encounters with people that yielded this knowledge.",
keywords = "Communication, Robot, Social learning, Theory of mind",
author = "Piek Vossen and Selene Baez and Lenka Baj{\u c}eti{\'c} and Bram Kraaijeveld",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-00794-2\_2",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030007935",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer/Verlag",
pages = "15--25",
editor = "Petr Sojka and Ale{\v s} Hor{\'a}k and Ivan Kopecek and Karel Pala",
booktitle = "Text, Speech, and Dialogue",
note = "21st International Conference on Text, Speech, and Dialogue, TSD 2018 ; Conference date: 11-09-2018 Through 14-09-2018",
}
