Integration of action and language knowledge: A roadmap for developmental robotics

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-195

  Cangelosi, Angelo ^a   Metta, Giorgio ^b   Sagerer, Gerhard ^b   Nolfi, Stefano ^d   Nehaniv, Chrystopher ^e   Fischer, Kerstin ^f   Tani, Jun ^g   Belpaeme, Tony ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^c   Nori, Francesco ^b   Fadiga, Luciano ^a,h   Wrede, Britta ^c   Rohlfing, Katharina ^c   Tuci, Elio ^d   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^e   Saunders, Joe ^e   Zeschel, Arne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action learning; humanoid robot; language development; roadmap; social learning

Indexed keywords

ACTION LEARNING; HUMANOID ROBOT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; ROADMAP; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; ROBOTICS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77956600958     PISSN: 19430604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAMD.2010.2053034     Document Type: Article

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