?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Robots%2C+language%2C+and+meaning&rft.creator=Roy%2C+Deb&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Machine+Vision&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=People+use+language+to+exchange+ideas+and+influence+the+actions+of+others+through+shared+conceptions%0Aof+word+meanings%2C+and+through+a+shared+understanding+of+how+word+meanings+are+combined.+Under+the%0Asurface+form+of+words+lie+complex+networks+of+mental+structures+and+processes+that+give+rise+to+the+richly%0Atextured+semantics+of+natural+language.+Machines%2C+in+contrast%2C+are+unable+to+use+language+in+human-like%0Aways+due+to+fundamental+limitations+of+current+computational+approaches+to+semantic+representation.%0ATo+address+these+limitations%2C+and+to+serve+as+a+catalyst+for+exploring+alternative+approaches+to+language%0Aand+meaning%2C+we+are+developing+conversational+robots.+The+problem+of+endowing+robots+with+language%0Ahighlights+the+impossibility+of+isolating+language+from+other+cognitive+processes.+Instead%2C+we+embrace+a%0Aholistic+approach+in+which+various+non-linguistic+elements+of+perception%2C+action%2C+and+memory%2C+provide%0Athe+foundations+for+grounding+word+meaning.+I+will+review+recent+results+in+grounding+language+in%0Aperception+and+action+and+sketch+ongoing+work+for+grounding+a+wider+range+of+words+including+social%0Aterms+such+as+%22I%22+and+%22my%22.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Bullock%2C+Daniel&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3367%2F1%2FRoy.pdf&rft.identifier=++Roy%2C+Deb++(2003)+Robots%2C+language%2C+and+meaning.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3367%2F