The aim of the smart companion work in DiYSE is therefore entailing two
steps: (i) to research and implement affect detection algorithms on a PC platform,
and (ii) to migrate them to an embedded platform present in a state-of-the-art
smart companion robot. A standard back-end software interface is also foreseen
for tying into the DiYSE context-awareness functions, integrating user mood as
well as adapted companion behaviour as enrichments of the DiYSE smart user interaction.