# Robofriend: An Adpative Storytelling Robotic Teddy Bear -- Technical Report

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.01576 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.01576/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 16 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 4 Jan 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Joint Face Detection and Alignment using Multi-task Cascaded Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1604.02878/) (2016)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper we describe Robofriend, a robotic teddy bear for telling stories to young children. Robofriend adapts its behavior to keep the childrens' attention using reinforcement learning.