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Humanoid Agents: Platform for Simulating Human-like Generative Agents

arXiv 2310.05418 ↗First posted 9 Oct 2023cs.CL cs.AI cs.HCcited by 73

On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Social simulation and multi-agent debate

Abstract (arXiv)

Just as computational simulations of atoms, molecules and cells have shaped the way we study the sciences, true-to-life simulations of human-like agents can be valuable tools for studying human behavior. We propose Humanoid Agents, a system that guides Generative Agents to behave more like humans by introducing three elements of System 1 processing: Basic needs (e.g. hunger, health and energy), Emotion and Closeness in Relationships. Humanoid Agents are able to use these dynamic elements to adapt their daily activities and conversations with other agents, as supported with empirical experiments. Our system is designed to be extensible to various settings, three of which we demonstrate, as well as to other elements influencing human behavior (e.g. empathy, moral values and cultural background). Our platform also includes a Unity WebGL game interface for visualization and an interactive analytics dashboard to show agent statuses over time. Our platform is available on https://www.humanoidagents.com/ and code is on https://github.com/HumanoidAgents/HumanoidAgents

Key facts. Cited by 73 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Social simulation and multi-agent debate, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 10 of its 36 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 9 Oct 2023.

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  1. 2023Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior7 Apr

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  6. 2021Can Machines Learn Morality? The Delphi Experimentcited by 140
  7. 2019Learning to Speak and Act in a Fantasy Text Adventure Gamecited by 122
  8. 2021Extracting and Inferring Personal Attributes from Dialoguecited by 8
  9. 2020Author2Vec: A Framework for Generating User Embeddingcited by 5

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Citing papers per year: 2023: 5; 2024: 32; 2025: 18; 2026: 18.

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  5. 2024A Survey on Large Language Model-Based Game Agentscited by 106
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  9. 2024ValueBench: Towards Comprehensively Evaluating Value Orientations and Understanding of Large Language Modelscited by 19
  10. 2024Iterative Experience Refinement of Software-Developing Agentscited by 16
  11. 2024Position: Towards Bidirectional Human-AI Alignmentcited by 15
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  22. 2024CogGPT: Unleashing the Power of Cognitive Dynamics on Large Language Modelscited by 6
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  27. 2024Large Language Models in Politics and Democracy: A Comprehensive Surveycited by 5
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  38. 2025Gen-n-Val: Agentic Image Data Generation and Validationcited by 3

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