A Robot Walks into a Bar: Automatic Robot Joke Success Assessment
Ajitesh Srivastava Naomi T. Fitter Ajitesh Srivastava Naomi T. Fitter
Effective social robots should leverage humor’s unique ability to improve relationship connections and dispel stress, but current robots possess limited (if any) humorous abilities. In this paper, we aim to supplement one aspect of autonomous robots by giving robotic systems the ability to "read the room" to assess how their humorous statements are received by nearby people in real time. Using a d...