Abstract: A robot includes at least one processor configured to update, in accordance with a type of an acquired external stimulus, an emotion parameter expressed by a position on a positioning map having at least two coordinate axes and expressing a pseudo-emotion, and execute action control corresponding to the updated emotion parameter, and a memory configured to store a first table and a second table. In a case of updating the emotion parameter, the at least one processor acquires, from the first table, the evaluation value corresponding to the type of acquired external stimulus and acquires, from the second table, the correction value corresponding to a current position of the emotion parameter on the positioning map, and move, based on the acquired evaluation value and the acquired correction value, a position of the emotion parameter on the positioning map.

Abstract: An action control device includes a sound acquirer, an actuator, and a controller. In response to the controller determining, during an action of the actuator, that a sound acquired by the sound acquirer is a human voice, the controller controls so as to stop the actuator, capture sound after the determination for a predetermined period, and in response to the predetermined period having elapsed, restart the action of the actuator.

Abstract: An action control device that controls the actions of a robot acquires an external stimulus; and in a case of executing an action corresponding to the external stimulus, controls so as to execute, based on an intimacy between a subject applying the external stimulus and the robot, different action content.