Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an interactive robot, and a control method that enable two persons to smoothly communicate with each other. The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology analyzes utterances that are generated by two users having a conversation through a network and detected by interactive robots used respectively by the two users, and causes the respective interactive robots to output a conversation assisting voice according to a status of the conversation between the two users, the conversation assisting voice being a voice that provides assistance to the conversation. The present technology is applicable to a server that controls the operations of interactive robots used respectively by two persons remotely having a conversation.