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Language Grounding in Robots

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Editors:
  1. Luc Steels

    1. Sony Computer Science Lab, Paris, France

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  2. Manfred Hild

    1. , Neurorobotics Research Labatory, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Covers all aspects of language interaction with robots, from embodiment, action and perception to conceptualization and grammar in a single volume

  • Discusses several significant innovations, such as robotic embodiment, evolutionary derivation of neural controllers, embodied cognitive semantics and fluid construction grammar

  • Presents the new humanoid robot platform, Myon, used by an increasing number of research laboratories

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Grounding Language through Evolutionary Language Games

    • Luc Steels
    Pages 1-22

  3. Embodiment and Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Myon, a New Humanoid

      • Manfred Hild, Torsten Siedel, Christian Benckendorff, Christian Thiele, Michael Spranger
      Pages 25-44

    3. Neural Implementation of Behavior Control

      • Matthias Kubisch, Christian Benckendorff, Benjamin Werner, Stefan Bethge, Manfred Hild
      Pages 45-66

    4. Evolving Humanoid Behaviors for Language Games

      • Frank Pasemann, Christian Rempis, Arndt von Twickel
      Pages 67-86

  4. Perception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. A Perceptual System for Language Game Experiments

      • Michael Spranger, Martin Loetzsch, Luc Steels
      Pages 89-110

    3. Posture Recognition Based on Slow Feature Analysis

      • Sebastian Höfer, Michael Spranger, Manfred Hild
      Pages 111-130

    4. Grounded Internal Body Models for Communication: Integration of Sensory and Motor Spaces for Mediating Conceptualization

      • Malte Schilling
      Pages 131-150

  5. Conceptualization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Open-ended Procedural Semantics

      • Michael Spranger, Simon Pauw, Martin Loetzsch, Luc Steels
      Pages 153-172

    3. Dealing with Perceptual Deviation: Vague Semantics for Spatial Language and Quantification

      • Michael Spranger, Simon Pauw
      Pages 173-192

  6. Language Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Fluid Construction Grammar on Real Robots

      • Luc Steels, Joachim De Beule, Pieter Wellens
      Pages 195-213

    3. Diagnostics and Repairs in Fluid Construction Grammar

      • Katrien Beuls, Remi van Trijp, Pieter Wellens
      Pages 215-234

  7. Whole Systems Experiments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. An Experiment in Temporal Language Learning

      • Kateryna Gerasymova, Michael Spranger
      Pages 237-254

    3. Emergent Action Language on Real Robots

      • Luc Steels, Michael Spranger, Remi van Trijp, Sebastian Höfer, Manfred Hild
      Pages 255-276
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About this book

Written by leading international experts, this volume presents contributions establishing the feasibility of human language-like communication with robots. The book explores the use of language games for structuring situated dialogues in which contextualized language communication and language acquisition can take place. Within the text are integrated experiments demonstrating the extensive research which targets artificial language evolution. Language Grounding in Robots uses the design layers necessary to create a fully operational communicating robot as a framework for the text, focusing on the following areas:  Embodiment; Behavior; Perception and Action; Conceptualization; Language Processing; Whole Systems Experiments. This book serves as an excellent reference for researchers interested in further study of artificial language evolution.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sony Computer Science Lab, Paris, France

    Luc Steels

  • , Neurorobotics Research Labatory, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Manfred Hild

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Grounding in Robots

  • Editors: Luc Steels, Manfred Hild

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3064-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3063-6Published: 14 February 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0184-5Published: 16 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3064-3Published: 14 February 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 276

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

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