Executing software applications on a robot

There is disclosed a method of handling a software application on a robot, said robot comprising a plurality of installed software application, a software application being associated with a predefined semantic description, the method comprising the steps of extracting one or more patterns from an audio dialog with a human user; an audio dialog comprising sentences and a pattern comprising predefined sentences; comparing said one or more patterns with the semantic descriptions of said software applications; selecting a software application based on the performed comparisons; and executing the selected software application. Described developments comprise software application execution rules, predefined or dynamically defined execution rules, the audio listing of the installed applications depending on environmental parameters, the optional use of complimentary display means and the installation of a missing application. Associated systems are described.