BonoBOT: Um Chatterbot para Interação com Usuários em um Sistema Tutor Inteligente

The science of Artificial Intelligence has been developing ways to make possible that a computer may fulfill different j obs r ationally, no more being closed to a set of pre- programmed instructions. Between the different skills applied on the studies of Artificial Intelligence are the chatterbots - software developed to simulate dialogs on natural language by changing text messages like a virtual chat. There are several appliances for a chatterbot, being possible to work as a 'receptionist' on a commercial web site, answering FAQs (Frequently sked Questions) or acting on an educational environment, giving the necessary support to studies and research. This work comes to propose the study and implementation of a chatterbot as a tool f or educational purposes, supporting the process of t eaching and learning on na Intelligent Tutor System.