{"product_id":"9781881526193","title":"Language and Learning for Robots","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobot technology will find wide-scale use only when a robotic device can be given commands and taught new tasks in a natural language. How could a robot understand instructions expressed in English? How could a robot learn from instructions? Crangle and Suppes begin to answer these questions through a theoretical approach to language and learning for robots and by experimental work with robots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors develop the notion of an instructable robot—one which derives its intelligence in part from interaction with humans. Since verbal interaction with a robot requires a natural language semantics, the authors propose a natural-model semantics which they then apply to the interpretation of robot commands. Two experimental projects are described which provide natural-language interfaces to robotic aids for the physically disabled. The authors discuss the specific challenges posed by the interpretation of \"stop\" commands and the interpretation of spatial prepositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors also examine the use of explicit verbal instruction to teach a robot new procedures, propose ways a robot can learn from corrective commands containing qualitative spatial expressions, and discuss the machine-learning of a natural language use to instruct a robot in the performance of simple physical tasks. Two chapters focus on probabilistic techniques in learning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Center for the Study of Language and Inf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019174428912,"sku":"9781881526193","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781881526193_p0.jpg?v=1763603886","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781881526193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}