Sensor use and analysis for dynamic update of interaction in a social robot

A method for adapting robot motion to improve social interaction between a social robot and a human comprising:

• receiving, by a social robot executing a processor, input via a plurality of sensors of the social robot;
• identifying, by the social robot, a plurality of characteristics of the human based on the input received via the plurality of sensors of the social robot, the plurality of characteristics of the human comprising a diction level, a voice cadence, a gender, and an age range;
• based on identifying the plurality of characteristics, generating, by the social robot, a robot dialog that includes a first control question for interaction with the human, wherein the first control question invokes at least one of a physical reaction or vocal reaction from the human to confirm that the plurality of characteristics are associated with one of a plurality of profiles stored in a non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the social robot;
• generating, by the social robot executing a motion script application, a robot motion script for interaction with the human;
• executing, by the social robot, the robot motion script that activates actuators of the social robot to initiate a social interaction between the social robot and the human;
• playing, via a speaker of the social robot, the robot dialog as audible speech while the robot motion script is executing;
• in response to playing the first control question of the robot dialog, detecting, via the plurality of sensors, a reaction of the human, the reaction being at least one of a physical reaction and a vocal reaction;
• confirming, by the social robot, that a profile corresponding to the human matches the plurality of characteristics based on the detected reaction;
• irrespective of the detected reaction of the human, inserting, by the social robot, additional control questions into the robot dialog, wherein the additional control questions are dispersed throughout the robot dialog and invoke one or more of a physical reaction and a vocal reaction from the human;
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• continuing, by the social robot, playback of the robot dialog that includes the additional control questions.

A method for adapting robot motion to improve social interaction between a robot and a human comprising:

• identifying, by a social robot, a plurality of characteristics of a human via at least one sensor of the social robot, the plurality of characteristics of the human comprising a diction level, a voice cadence, a gender, and an age range;
• based on identifying the plurality of characteristics, generating, by the social robot, a robot dialog that includes a first control question for interaction with the human, wherein the first control question invokes at least one of a physical reaction or vocal reaction from the human to confirm that the plurality of characteristics are associated with one of a plurality of profiles stored in a non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the social robot;
• generating, by the social robot, a robot motion script for interaction with the human;
• executing, by the social robot, the robot motion script to interact with the human during a first period;
• playing, via a speaker of the social robot, the robot dialog as audible speech while the robot motion script is executing;
• in response to playing at least the control question of the robot dialog, detecting, by the social robot, a reaction of the human during the first period via a sensor of the social robot;
• in response to detecting, analyzing, by the social robot, the reaction of the human;
• confirming, by the social robot, that a profile corresponding to the human matches the plurality of characteristics based on analyzing the reaction;
• based on the profile, modifying, by the social robot, the robot motion script to obtain a modified robot motion script;
• irrespective of the detected reaction of the human, inserting, by the social robot, additional control questions into the robot dialog, wherein the additional control questions are dispersed throughout the robot dialog and invoke one or more of a physical reaction and a vocal reaction from the human;
• executing, by the social robot, the modified robot motion script during a second period to obtain an improved interaction with the human;
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• continuing, by the social robot, playback of the robot dialog that includes at least some of the additional control questions during the second period.