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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... human - robot dialogue - 81 || Introduction 81 Review of the literature 82 Multimodal , multiparty dialogue - 83 Situated interaction - -84 A B C Joint action - 85 D Linguistic and nonverbal effectiveness - 87 E Adaptive dialogue - 88 ...
... human-human interaction to generate frameworks for creating effective human-robot interactions. The first chapter specifies a powerful framework for multimodal and multi-party dialogues. The authors test the model in two vastly ...
... robots to play : killer , servant , and lover . These roles are embodied by cultural icons that function as springboards for under- standing important , potential human - robot relationships . Fears about a rampaging robot produced by ...
... robots for home enter- tainment such as Sony's AIBO dog and Mitsubishi's large-eyed humanoid, Wakamaru. It could account for the development of complex, humanoid robots by companies like Sony, Mitsubishi, Toyota (the Partner robot ...
... humanoid - robot , is being marketed as a companion robot by its developers : Japanese telecom - giant SoftBank and French robotics firm Aldebaran . Pepper is a diminutive , white robot with a childlike , albeit immobile , face ...
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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 |