ROBOTS, SOCIAL ROBOT SYSTEMS, FOCUSING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOCIAL ROBOT SYSTEMS, TESTING AND USES THEREOF

摘要

A method and system for improving the software programming of a robot system, comprising monitoring of plurality of human user-robot interactive pairs' (HURIP) interactions. System comprises each of said plurality of HURIPs as using 'front-end' semi-autonomous robot component linked by wireless two-way communications to a 'back-end' cloud-based computerized component. Monitoring comprises review of robot sensor-gathered data and data from camera and audio data from homes of users during user-robot interactions. Analysis of said monitoring by authorized observers such as psychologist, parent, teacher, system administrator, software programmer(s), enables identification of areas for software improvement. Improved software is tested, wherein testing comprises at least similar monitoring of HURIPs, and wherein said testing comprises social robots comprising said updated software. Cycles of such monitoring of HURIP interactions, analyzing data derived from said monitoring, focus for improvement derived thereof and followed-up in coding updates, testing of updates comprising use within monitored HURIP interactions, such cycles are applied in herein disclosed method to manufacture progressively improved code for and uses of social robot system.