Abstract: A robot directly recognizes an emotion of a user and controls an operation in a conversation by exchanging messages in the conversation between the user and the robot is provided. The robot is able to communicate with a mobile terminal carried by the user and includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of applications to control motions of the robot in advance; a reception unit configured to receive a message for a conversation with the robot which is transmitted from the mobile terminal; a selection unit configured to select one application from the plurality of applications based on instruction information included in the message; and a control unit configured to control a mechanism to actuate the robot based on the selected application.