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Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-welcome-our-new-canine-robot-linguistic-overlords dept.

bab00n writes According to this article at The Engineer Online, researchers led by the Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology in Italy are developing robots that evolve their own language, bypassing the limits of imposing human rule-based communication. The technology, dubbed Embedded and Communicating Agents, has allowed researchers at Sony's Computer Science Laboratory in France to add a new level of intelligence to the AIBO dog. The robot dog has learnt to see a ball and tell another one where the ball is, if it's moving and what colour it is, and the other is capable of recognising it.

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  1. Similar stuff done at aibohack.com by Stonent1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The guy there has video of an Aibo following a ball and differentiating colors from a few years back.

  2. Re:Hmm... by the+marion+cobretti · · Score: 2, Informative

    i would think [on a basic level] it would be done like the old zebra program. where it and the other dog randomly generate syntax for things they dont have a word for. now that IS the syntax for whatever the object or action is.

  3. Re:I like this idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    translation of parent:

    fp!!!!!

  4. Re:Robot Swarms by jtogel · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you think swarms of little cute robot dogs are scary, have a look at what's going on in our lab over here:

    http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/staff/owen/research.htm#T he%20Flying%20Gridswarm,%20and%20the%20UltraSwarm

    The deactivation button might be there... if those who pay for the research want it there.

  5. Re:Research paper here by rayver · · Score: 2, Informative

    Information about the actual AIBO setup:
    http://www.csl.sony.fr/perspective/
    Videos here: http://www.csl.sony.fr/perspective/node6.html