A modular architecture for creating multimodal agents
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Baier, Thomas; Santamaria, Selene Baez; Vossen, Piek
- Source
- Subject
- Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Science - Robotics
- Language
The paper describes a flexible and modular platform to create multimodal interactive agents. The platform operates through an event-bus on which signals and interpretations are posted in a sequence in time. Different sensors and interpretation components can be integrated by defining their input and output as topics, which results in a logical workflow for further interpretations. We explain a broad range of components that have been developed so far and integrated into a range of interactive agents. We also explain how the actual interaction is recorded as multimodal data as well as in a so-called episodic Knowledge Graph. By analysing the recorded interaction, we can analyse and compare different agents and agent components.