Language and Learning for Robots (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781881526193)

Robot technology will find wide-scale use only when a robotic device can be given commands and taught new tasks in a natural language. How could a robot understand instructions expressed in English? How could a robot learn from instructions? Crangle and Suppes begin to answer these questions through a theoretical approach to language and learning for robots, and by experimental work with robots. The authors develop the notion of an instructable robot - one which derives its intelligence in part from interaction with humans. Since verbal interaction with a robot requires a natural language semantics, the authors propose a natural-model semantics which they then apply to the interpretation of robot commands. Two experimental projects are described which provide natural-language interfaces to robotic aids for the physically disabled.

Author: Colleen Crangle,Patrick Suppes
ISBN-10: 1881526194
ISBN-13: 9781881526193
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
Language: English
Published: 01/30/1995
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.77d