  YOLO is a social robot designed and developed to stimulate creativity in
children through storytelling activities. Children use it as a character in
their stories. This article details the artificial intelligence software
developed for YOLO. The implemented software schedules through several
Creativity Behaviors to find the ones that stimulate creativity more
effectively. YOLO can choose between convergent and divergent thinking
techniques, two important processes of creative thought. These techniques were
developed based on the psychological theories of creativity development and on
research from creativity experts who work with children. Additionally, this
software allows the creation of Social Behaviors that enable the robot to
behave as a believable character. On top of our framework, we built 3 main
social behavior parameters: Exuberant, Aloof, and Harmonious. These behaviors
are meant to ease immersive play and the process of character creation. The 3
social behaviors were based on psychological theories of personality and
developed using children's input during co-design studies. Overall, this work
presents an attempt to design, develop, and deploy social robots that nurture
intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.
