Processing method and apparatus for social interactions with a robot

A processing apparatus for robot interactions, disposed in an interactive robot, comprising:

• a camera circuit, configured to capture an image;
• a sound receiving circuit, configured to convert a sound into a sound signal when the sound in an activity area of the interactive robot is detected;
• a storage, configured to store a retrieval database, a plurality of candidate character models, and a plurality of commands;
• and
• a processor, connected to the camera circuit, the sound receiving circuit, and the storage, and accessing the commands to perform the following actions:
• action a) performing a speech recognition on the sound signal to generate a speech string, and determining whether the speech string matches a first command keyword;
• action b) when the speech string matches the first command keyword, controlling the camera circuit to capture the image, and selecting a new model from the candidate character models based on the image;
• and
• action c) updating the retrieval database by utilizing the new model, so as to display the new model on a display of the interactive robot.