WASABI architecture

For other uses of "Wasabi", see Wasabi (disambiguation).

WASABI Affect Simulation Architecture
Developer	Christian Becker-Asano
Initial release	2011
Written in	C++, Qt
Available in	English
Type	Scientific computing
License	LGPL
Website	www.becker-asano.de/index.php/research/wasabi

The WASABI architecture is an approach for simulating emotions for computer systems, especially embodied agents and social robots. It is motivated by Affective Computing in that it tries to simulate human affect.

WASABI was also implemented as open-source simulation software. It provides a graphical user interface based on Qt.

References

• Sidoumou, Mohamed Redha (2018). Human Emotion Simulation in a Dynamic Environment (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Northampton. pp. 40–41, 45–46. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
• Pudane, Mara; Lavendelis, Egons; Radin, Michael A. (1 January 2017). "Human Emotional Behavior Simulation in Intelligent Agents: Processes and Architecture" (PDF). Procedia Computer Science. 104: 517–524. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2017.01.167. ISSN   1877-0509 . Retrieved 3 September 2025. (comparison chart with WASABI and other simulation software)

• Peña, Luis (June 2013). "2.2.4 WASABI: Affect Simulation for Agents with Believable Interactivity". Gaming with Emotions: An Architecture for the Development of Mood-Driven Characters in Video Games (PhD thesis). Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. pp. 33–35. Retrieved 3 September 2025.