NDLI: From babbling towards first words: The emergence of speech in a robot in real-time interaction

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Rothwell, A. Lyon, C. Nehaniv, C.L. Saunders, J.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom (Rothwell, A.; Lyon, C.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Saunders, J.)
Abstract	This paper describes a system that simulates word form acquisition without meaning as a preliminary stage in language acquisition, through interaction with a human teacher. The system extracts phonemes from the teacher's speech and supplies them to a linguistically enabled synthetic agent. The agent babbles initially but gradually, words begin to emerge as the agent biases its babble towards the speech of the teacher. Experiments are conducted in real-time with a human teacher interacting with the agent embodied in the iCub humanoid robot.
Starting Page	86
Ending Page	91
File Size	295179
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612840628
ISSN	21606382
e-ISBN	9781612840635
DOI	10.1109/ALIFE.2011.5954641
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-04-11
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pediatrics Accuracy Moon Humans Speech recognition Speech Robots
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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From babbling towards first words: The emergence of speech in a robot in real-time interaction