Experiments in learning by imitation - Grounding and use of communication in robotic agents

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 415-438

  Billard, Aude ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodied and situated agents; Grounding communication; Social learning and behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944436006     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971239900700311     Document Type: Article

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