Control and learning of pet robot based on emotional model

摘要

This paper deals with an emotional model for a pet robot with structured intelligence For pet robots, it is important to take intellectual actions based on inputs from the external environment as well as an internal dynamics. We propose an emotional model as one of a internal model for the pet robot. The emotional model plays roles in representing an internal state of the pet robot and controlling a coordinator of behaviors. It is shown that the robot with the emotional model can change own internal state and take intellectual actions.