Apparatus for determining speech properties and motion properties of interactive robot and method thereof

An apparatus for determining speech and motion properties of an interactive robot, comprising:

• an interlocutor conversation information input unit for receiving interlocutor conversation information that includes at least one of voice information and image information about an interlocutor that interacts with an interactive robot;
• an interlocutor conversation property extraction unit for extracting at least one of a verbal property and a nonverbal property of the interlocutor by analyzing the interlocutor conversation information;
• a speech and motion determination unit for determining at least one of a speech property and a motion property of the interactive robot based on at least one of the verbal property, the nonverbal property, information about default settings of the interactive robot, and context information inferred from content of a conversation between the interactive robot and the interlocutor;
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• an interactive robot control unit for controlling an operation of the interactive robot based on at least one of the determined speech property and the determined motion property of the interactive robot.