Human-Like Embodied AI Interviewer: Employing Android ERICA in Real International Conference

Zi Haur Pang, Yahui Fu, Divesh Lala, Mikey Elmers, Koji Inoue, Tatsuya Kawahara


Abstract
This paper introduces the human-like embodied AI interviewer which integrates android robots equipped with advanced conversational capabilities, including attentive listening, conversational repairs, and user fluency adaptation. Moreover, it can analyze and present results post-interview. We conducted a real-world case study at SIGDIAL 2024 with 42 participants, of whom 69% reported positive experiences. This study demonstrated the system’s effectiveness in conducting interviews just like a human and marked the first employment of such a system at an international conference. The demonstration video is available at https://youtu.be/jCuw9g99KuE.
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2025.coling-demos.14
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Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics: System Demonstrations
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January
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2025
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Owen Rambow, Leo Wanner, Marianna Apidianaki, Hend Al-Khalifa, Barbara Di Eugenio, Steven Schockaert, Brodie Mather, Mark Dras
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COLING
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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136–150
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Zi Haur Pang, Yahui Fu, Divesh Lala, Mikey Elmers, Koji Inoue, and Tatsuya Kawahara. 2025. Human-Like Embodied AI Interviewer: Employing Android ERICA in Real International Conference. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics: System Demonstrations, pages 136–150, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Human-Like Embodied AI Interviewer: Employing Android ERICA in Real International Conference (Pang et al., COLING 2025)
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