Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents

by Marco Mirolli Stefano Nolfi, Marco Mirolli (Editor)

This field of research examines how embodied and situated agents, such as robots, evolve language and thus communicate with each other. This book is a comprehensive survey of the research in this emerging field.The contributions explain the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, and then illustrate the scientific and technological potentials and promising research directions. The book also provides descriptions of research experiments and related open software and hardware tools, allowing the reader to gain a practical knowledge of the topic.The book will be of interest to scientists and undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of cognition, artificial life, artificial intelligence and linguistics.

328 pages, Paperback

First published December 14, 2009

Reviews

[Petr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice set of articles about communication evolution. The line of articles seems to fit the same idea of language as a social, interaction based cultural phenomenon for which necessary capacities have to be preestablished. I personally would appreciate a broader aim on language origin theories.