Objective The goal of INDIGO is to develop technology that will facilitate the advancement of human-robot interaction. This will be achieved both by enabling robots to perceive natural human behaviour as well as by making them act in ways that are familiar to humans.To achieve its goals, INDIGO will exploit and advance various enabling technologies. Additionally, it will focus on the integration of the involved technologies in a robotic platform.Specifically, INDIGO will employ mechanical heads capable of mimicking human facial expressions, and supporting naturalistic spoken conversation. The heads will be embodied on mobile robots empowered with advanced navigation skills. The overall systems will act according to motion patterns that are familiar to humans.Furthermore, advanced natural dialogue capabilities will facilitate human-robot interaction. Natural dialogue will involve input and output from various modalities, such as spoken natural language, gestures, emotions, and facial expressions. While the emphasis will be on technologies that will allow robots to generate natural descriptions of their physical surroundings, INDIGO will also address interpretation of a relatively broad range of input.Emphasis will be given in the creation of appropriate user models for humans interacting with a robot as well as for the robot itself. User models will be used to drive the dialogue management system and, thus, will allow adaptation in the behaviour of the robot according to the perceived user profile as well as the knowledge, personality and gathered experience of the robot itself.INDIGO will be demonstrated by deploying a prototype system in the premises of FHW. The prototype will operate autonomously, interacting with humans inexperienced in robots, offering them the possibility to engage with advanced robotics technologies. Moreover, the implemented technologies will pave the way towards the development of robots able to interact naturally and cooperate with humans. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.6.1 - Advanced Robotics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS EU contribution No data Address VASSILIKA VOUTON 71110 IRAKLIO, CRETE Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ACAPELA GROUP BABEL TECHNOLOGIES SA Belgium EU contribution No data Address BOULEVARD DOLEZ 33 7000 MONS See on map Total cost No data ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address FAHNENBERGPLATZ 79085 FREIBURG See on map Total cost No data ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS - RESEARCH CENTER Greece EU contribution No data Address 46, KEFALLINIAS STREET 11251 ATHENS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FOUNDATION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD Greece EU contribution No data Address POULOPOULOU 38 11851 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data GPS GESELLSCHAFT FUER PRODUKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address HAMLETSTRASSE 11 70563 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data HANSON ROBOTICS INC United States EU contribution No data Address 6117 REIGER AVENUE 75214 DALLAS TX See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS" Greece EU contribution No data Address PATRIARCHOU GREGORIOU STREET 15310 AGHIA PARASKEVI ATTIKIS See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL EDINBURGH See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address RUE DU GENERAL DUFOUR 24 1211 GENEVE 4 See on map Total cost No data