Miutsu: NTU's TaskBot for the Alexa Prize
This is an incremental development for users needing assistance with complex tasks in specific domains, as part of a competition.
The paper introduces Miutsu, a TaskBot for the Alexa Prize designed to assist users in multi-step tasks in home improvement and cooking domains, detailing its system design, conversational modules, and a proposed dialogue flow for robust interactions.
This paper introduces Miutsu, National Taiwan University's Alexa Prize TaskBot, which is designed to assist users in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions in two different domains -- home improvement and cooking. We overview our system design and architectural goals, and detail the proposed core elements, including question answering, task retrieval, social chatting, and various conversational modules. A dialogue flow is proposed to provide a robust and engaging conversation when handling complex tasks. We discuss the faced challenges during the competition and potential future work.