AI that can mimic a dogs interaction with humans?

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S Claus's Avatar (by Gravatar)S Claus posted on
January 20, 2009, 10:45 pm
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Hi all

have a question about artificial intelligence.

We recently got a 2 month old puppy and I find different social
behaviours displayed by the animal quite interesting.

For example there is the interactivity that when we speak to the dog
in a certain tone of voice, it gets more excited. It reflects the
emotions it senses in the human speech. I think this is also seen with
othe dogs where, if the owner is sad, the dog seems to reflect that in
their behavior. IMO this type of social interactivity is what makes
dogs more interesting than some other animals.

Anyway, what I was curious about is whether anyone can recommend any
books or websites that discusses Artificial Intelligence mimicking the
various aspects of dogs social behaviour with humans?

Thanks in advance,

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Joe Pfeiffer's Avatar (by Gravatar)Joe Pfeiffer posted on
January 21, 2009, 12:34 am
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Not really AI or dog modelling, but I highly recommend a dog training
book called "How to Talk to Your Dog", which ends up defining a
language for communication that's a regular language.  The author
never mentions the therm "regular language" and I don't know whether
she knows the term -- if not, it's an even more interesting
rediscovery.

Also good is another book titled "How Dogs Think", which turns out to
be mostly behavioral but very interesting.

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S Claus's Avatar (by Gravatar)S Claus posted on
January 22, 2009, 5:45 am
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Thanks for the book tip, Joe. Especially the book "How Dogs Think"
seem very good.

My reason for wanting to mimick dog behavior is because I wanted to
see how much it could be used in a robot called Nao. Nao is a
programmable humanoid style robot created by Aldebaran Robotics
(www.aldebaran-robotics.com). I thought that dog-like social
interactivity could make Nao interesting for families with young
children.

cheers

Joe Pfeiffer's Avatar (by Gravatar)Joe Pfeiffer posted on
January 22, 2009, 10:17 am
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I should have thought of that one -- it's another really good book,
although it has a lot more to do with how dog vs. human senses
differ.  One thing I found especially interesting about it is the case
it makes for dogs having some subject/object duality.


In my house, we achieve dog-like social interactions with dogs...  the
Nao could be an interesting experiment, but nothing like going to the
source!


John Nagle's Avatar (by Gravatar)John Nagle posted on
January 21, 2009, 1:56 pm
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    Just get one of these:

http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/robots/robotics/wrex-the-dawg

                John Nagle

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John F. Eldredge's Avatar (by Gravatar)John F. Eldredge posted on
January 21, 2009, 10:22 pm
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However, the robot dog in your link is not automatically sensing human
moods and responding to them, as S. Claus described in his post.

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