  We have held dialogue robot competitions in 2020 and 2022 to compare the
performances of interactive robots using an android that closely resembles a
human. In 2023, the third competition DRC2023 was held. The task of DRC2023 was
designed to be more challenging than the previous travel agent dialogue tasks.
Since anyone can now develop a dialogue system using LLMs, the participating
teams are required to develop a system that effectively uses information about
the situation on the spot (real-time information), which is not handled by
ChatGPT and other systems. DRC2023 has two rounds, a preliminary round and the
final round as well as the previous competitions. The preliminary round has
held on Oct.27 -- Nov.20, 2023 at real travel agency stores. The final round
will be held on December 23, 2023. This paper provides an overview of the task
settings and evaluation method of DRC2023 and the preliminary round results.
