An autonomous device behaving adaptively to a user includes a sensing unit; a recognition unit for recognizing user's command, a current user-related status, and a current user-unrelated status based on the sensed signals; a pseudo-personality-forming unit for establishing a pseudo-personality based...http://www.google.com/patents/US6230111?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6230111 - Control system for controlling object using pseudo-emotions and pseudo-personality generated in the object
