creators_name: Vogt, Paul
editors_name: Blockdeel, H.
editors_name: Denecker, M.
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2003-07-16
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:19
metadata_visibility: show
title: Anchoring symbols to sensorimotor control
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-lang
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-robot
full_text_status: public
keywords: symbol grounding, physical grounding, embodied cognition, language evolution
abstract: This paper investigates how robots may emerge a lexicon to communicate complex meanings about actions such as `I am going to the red target' using simple (one-word) utterances. The main issue of the paper concerns the way these complex meanings represent the actions that are performed. It is argued that the meaning of these utterances may be represented without the need for categorising a complex flow of sensorimotor data. To illustrate the point, a simulation is presented in which robots develop such a communication system. The paper concludes by confirming that it is well possible to construct such a lexicon once robots have a number of basic sensorimotor skills available.
date: 2003
date_type: published
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Vogt, Paul  (2003) Anchoring symbols to sensorimotor control.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3060/1/bnaic2002.pdf