22.3836, Media: Robots Invent a Language

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Subject: 22.3836, Media: Robots Invent a Language

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Date: 19-May-2011
From: Mfon Udoinyang [mfon at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Robots Invent a Language


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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:27:27
From: Mfon Udoinyang [mfon at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Robots Invent a Language

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An ExtremeTech online article of May 17 by Alan Henry reports that a group
of Australian researchers have managed to teach robots how to invent and
use spoken language. The goal of the research is to understand how language
evolves and develops naturally over time.

The robots or LingoDroids are equipped with microphones, speakers, cameras,
range finders, and sonar that they use to map their surroundings and speak
to one another.

You can read more on this at:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2385530,00.asp 


Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition





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