Robots that Talk and Listen: Technology and Social ImpactJudith Markowitz Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to function effectively in real-world settings. Among the most difficult and complex is the ability to understand and use language. Speech-enabled automata are already serving as interactive toys, teacher’s aides, and research assistants. These robots will soon be joined by personal companions, industrial co-workers, and military support automata. The social impact of these and other robots extends well beyond the specific tasks they perform. Contributors tackle the most knotty of those issues, notably acceptance of advanced, speech-enabled robots and developing ethical and moral controls for robots. Topics in this book include: • Language and Beyond: The True Meaning of “Speech Enabled” |
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... autonomous mobile robots - 263 || Introduction - 263 Issues and challenges in robot audition A Microphones - 265 B Reverberation -265 Environmental noise - 267 C D Ego noise -268 E Real - time performance - 268 264 III ManyEars : an ...
... autonomous robot. It delin- eates the acoustic challenges developers face when designing for dynamic noise and multiparty interactions. The authors then present methods and tools for overcom- ing them while remaining within the limited ...
... autonomous , social robots and other incarnations of artificial intelligence . Since those technologies are already making their way into education settings , the objective of the research presented in this chapter is to help technology ...
... Autonomous Robots ( Arkin 2012 ) , challenged his colleagues : " Is it not our responsibility as scien- tists to look for effective ways to reduce man's inhumanity to man ? Research in ethical military robotics could and should be ...
... robots could , among other things , speak ( Smith 2014 ) . In China , The ... robots that are described in this section are , however , more recent ... autonomous of the three kinds of karakuri . 10 There is disagreement about ...
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Robots That Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact Judith Markowitz No preview available - 2015 |
Robots that Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact Judith A. Markowitz No preview available - 2014 |