Implementing Diverse Robotic Interactive Systems Using VOnDA

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of different interactive robotic systems using the dialogue framework VOnDA, an interactive robotic arm, a guidance and a transport robot developed in the INTUITIV project, and the social robotic companion and tutor of the PAL system. The applications dif-fer in terms of complexity in multiple dimensions, e.g., concerning dialogue structure, frequency of sensory input, architecture (embedded vs. cloud), etc. We highlight the different requirements, and aim to demonstrate the flexibility of the framework and its feasibility in multiple contexts and on different levels of control, from mere interaction modelling to being the central agent control component.