The ITALK Project: A Developmental Robotics Approach to the Study of Individual, Social, and Linguistic Learning.

Paper Info

Title
The ITALK Project: A Developmental Robotics Approach to the Study of Individual, Social, and Linguistic Learning.

Abstract
This article presents results from a multidisciplinary research project on the integration and transfer of language knowledge into robots as an empirical paradigm for the study of language development in both humans and humanoid robots. Within the framework of human linguistic and cognitive development, we focus on how three central types of learning interact and co-develop: individual learning about one's own embodiment and the environment, social learning (learning from others), and learning of linguistic capability. Our primary concern is how these capabilities can scaffold each other's development in a continuous feedback cycle as their interactions yield increasingly sophisticated competencies in the agent's capacity to interact with others and manipulate its world. Experimental results are summarized in relation to milestones in human linguistic and cognitive development and show that the mutual scaffolding of social learning, individual learning, and linguistic capabilities creates the context, conditions, and requisites for learning in each domain. Challenges and insights identified as a result of this research program are discussed with regard to possible and actual contributions to cognitive science and language ontogeny. In conclusion, directions for future work are suggested that continue to develop this approach toward an integrated framework for understanding these mutually scaffolding processes as a basis for language development in humans and robots.

Year	DOI	Venue
2014	10.1111/tops.12099	TOPICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Keywords	Field	DocType
Robotics,Development,Language action,Social interaction,Learning	Robot learning,Experiential learning,Learning sciences,Active learning,Child development,Computer science,Cognitive science,Developmental robotics,Cognitive psychology,Social learning,Linguistics,Cognitive development	Journal
Volume	Issue	ISSN
6.0	3.0	1756-8757
Citations	PageRank	References
2	0.37	9
Authors
33

Authors (33 rows)

Cited by (2 rows)

References (9 rows)

Name	Order	Citations	PageRank
Frank Broz	1	2	0.37
Chrystopher L Nehaniv	2	2	0.37
Tony Belpaeme	3	551	60.29
Ambra Bisio	4	2	0.37
Kerstin Dautenhahn	5	31	3.33
Luciano Fadiga	6	2	0.71
Tomassino Ferrauto	7	2	0.37
Kerstin Fischer	8	2	0.37
Frank Förster	9	2	0.37
Onofrio Gigliotta	10	2	2.06
Sascha Griffiths	11	3	0.72
Hagen Lehmann	12	74	13.81
Katrin S. Lohan	13	51	14.42
Caroline Lyon	14	2	0.37
Davide Marocco	15	3	1.07
Gianluca Massera	16	2	0.37
Giorgio Metta	17	2515	198.59
Vishwanathan Mohan	18	14	1.29
Anthony Morse	19	3	1.07
Stefano Nolfi	20	2118	192.54
Francesco Nori	21	11	3.27
Martin Peniak	22	2	0.37
Karola Pitsch	23	2	0.37
Katharina J Rohlfing	24	2	0.37
Gerhard Sagerer	25	300	38.77
Yo Sato	26	2	0.71
Joe Saunders	27	2	0.37
Lars Schillingmann	28	2	0.71
Alessandra Sciutti	29	2	0.71
Vadim Tikhanoff	30	200	17.21
Britta Wrede	31	2	0.71
Arne Zeschel	32	2	0.37
Cangelosi, A.	33	79	4.58