title: Behavior-Based Early Language Development on a Humanoid Robot
creator: Varshavskaya, Paulina
subject: Language
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Speech
subject: Robotics
description: We are exploring the idea that early language acquisition could be better modelled on an artifcial creature by considering the pragmatic aspect of natural language and of its development in human infants. We have implemented a system of vocal behaviors on Kismet in which "words" or concepts are behaviors in a competitive hierarchy. This paper reports on the framework, the vocal system's architecture and algorithms, and some preliminary results from vocal label learning and concept formation.
publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies
contributor: Prince, Christopher G.
contributor: Demiris, Yiannis
contributor: Marom, Yuval
contributor: Kozima, Hideki
contributor: Balkenius, Christian
date: 2002
type: Conference Paper
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/2528/1/Varshavskaya.pdf
identifier:   Varshavskaya, Paulina  (2002) Behavior-Based Early Language Development on a Humanoid Robot.  [Conference Paper]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/2528/