Patent Document ID: 9796095
Application ID: 13968241
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A robotic system comprising: a) robot; b) a plurality of processors operational for processing data in a manner so as to cause the robot to interact with its environment in a life-like manner, wherein the life-like manner includes facial expressions and at least one of the processors is local to the robot; c) communication circuitry for allowing the robot and the local processor to bi-directionally communicate with a processor remotely located from the robot such that the environmental interaction is a result of data processed at least in part by the remotely located processor; and d) a sentience simulator operational for processing data in a manner so as to cause the robot to interact with its environment with at least one of apparent motives, intentions, and creativity, wherein the sentience simulator includes interconnected components comprising: a response module; a theorizer including a theory maker, human theories, object theories, world theories, and a theory tester interconnected together; a data analysis and fusion module; a mood system; and a content module, including segmented text, expressions, animations, phonemes, and prosody interconnected together.