The origins of syntax in visually grounded robotic agents Export

@article{citeulike:1251504, abstract = {The paper proposes a set of principles and a general architecture that may explain how language and meaning may originate and complexify in a group of physically grounded distributed agents. An experimental setup is introduced for concretising and validating specific mechanisms based on these principles. The setup consists of two robotic heads that watch static or dynamic scenes and engage in language games, in which one robot describes to the other what they see. The first results from experiments showing the emergence of distinctions, of a lexicon, and of primitive syntactic structures are reported.}, author = {Steels, Luc}, booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence 40 years later}, citeulike-article-id = {1251504}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00066-6}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TYF-3VMW8YG-7/2/2a4b8d55499c30310f362744b5c71332}, doi = {10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00066-6}, journal = {Artificial Intelligence}, keywords = {ai, language, language\_evolution, robot, symbol\_system, syntax}, month = {August}, number = {1-2}, pages = {133--156}, posted-at = {2007-10-17 23:52:58}, priority = {2}, title = {The origins of syntax in visually grounded robotic agents}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00066-6}, volume = {103}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1251504 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1251504 N2 - The paper proposes a set of principles and a general architecture that may explain how language and meaning may originate and complexify in a group of physically grounded distributed agents. An experimental setup is introduced for concretising and validating specific mechanisms based on these principles. The setup consists of two robotic heads that watch static or dynamic scenes and engage in language games, in which one robot describes to the other what they see. The first results from experiments showing the emergence of distinctions, of a lexicon, and of primitive syntactic structures are reported. IS - 1-2 JF - Artificial Intelligence EP - 156 TI - The origins of syntax in visually grounded robotic agents VL - 103 T2 - Artificial Intelligence 40 years later SP - 133 KW - ai KW - language KW - language_evolution KW - robot KW - symbol_system KW - syntax AU - Steels, Luc PY - 1998/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00066-6 ER -