[pandorabots-general] MSN Invasion of the Robots Contest SDK questions.

[Dr. Rich Wallace]

The only thing I know about any of those, in relation to AIML, is that
there is a script you can download from ActiveBuddy that will convert AIML
into BuddyScript.  For example we make the Superbot avaialble in
BuddyScript http://www.alicebot.org/superbot.html.

Generally speaking most bot languages are more complex than AIML so it's
possible to translate an AIML bot script into another bot scripting
language, and the free ALICE brain has been converted to several.

It's also possible to write a gateway between Pandorabots and MSN using
the Pandorabots API.  See the Pandorabots FAQ, sec. H.2.   People have
used the API to write Flash interfaces, as well as interfaces to web
forums and other IM protocols.  (see
http://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/faq)

> 	Of the SDK development kits mentioned: Akonix L7 Builder, Incesoft
> Bot Platform, and Conversagent Buddy Script.   Can anyone describe the
> advantages / disadvantages ?   What is the degree of compatibility with
> the
> various Alice or pandorbot engines, or are all these products propritary?
> Are there other MS IM and MSN Live messenger interface products NOT
> mentioned in the contest web site?
>
> 	A general follow up question: Has anyone developed an open standard
> real time Avatar graphical user interface for their Bot?   Like Haptec for
> example or  Conversive's  Verbot.
> 	What extensions are needed for realtime emotion tracking, and
> expression modeling?
>
> Totally new to AIML, but I'm an oldie in that I started programming in
> Fortran 4 back in 1973.
> 	I've gone thru and forgotton over 9 languages now.
>
> Contest Information
>
> Microsoft is challenging developers worldwide to create conversational
> robots, or BOTs, for MSN® Messenger and Windows Live(tm) Messenger. The
> most
> original, useful robots collect $40,000 in total prizes.
>
> You can Find out more at : http://www.robotinvaders.com
>
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