# An Android Robot Head as Embodied Conversational Agent

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10945 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10945/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 18 May 2023.

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Back to the museum: Investigation of the acceptance of Android Andrea with and without emotion simulation in a museum](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.16428/) (2026)
- [A Case Study on the Acceptance of a Humanoid Robotic Head Employed in Three Public Spaces](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.24113/) (2026)
- [Not Forgotten: Implementation and Evaluation of a Personalized Episodic Memory for the Humanoid Robot Head Kim](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.24190/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper describes, how current Machine Learning (ML) techniques combined with simple rule-based animation routines make an android robot head an embodied conversational agent with ChatGPT as its core component. The android robot head is described, technical details are given of how lip-sync animation is being achieved, and general software design decisions are presented. A public presentation of the system revealed improvement opportunities that are reported and that lead our iterative implementation approach.