Abstract
This paper is concerned with creating conversations around the ECIR conference with
multiple modalities. We use a Furhat robot from Furhat robotics to have a physical
presence and handle voice. Rasa addresses the AI component of the system. First, we
develop a framework for managing messaging between Rasa AI with the Furhat frontend
and a display frontend. Second, we create a protocol that describes how to format
messages for this connection. The results of the thesis discuss the conversations from
the ECIR conference. We evaluate the log from the conference and do both statistical
analysis and a discussion of the qualitative results. The thesis also describes the general
principles of conversational AI in the background chapter.