Robots that Talk and Listen

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Robots that Talk and Listen

Technology and Social Impact

Edited by: Judith A. Markowitz
With contributions by: Sean Andrist , Guido Bugmann , Jonathan Connell , David Dufty , Francois Grondin , Francois Michaud , Nicole Mirnig , Roger Moore , Steve Mushkin , Bilge Mutlu , Fumiko Nazikian , Victor Ng-Thow-Hing , Sandra Okita , Allison Sauppé , Manfred Tscheligi , Alan Wagner and Jörg Wolf

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514404

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About this book

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”
• Robots in Myth and Media
• Enabling Robots to Converse
• Language Learning by Automata
• Handling Noisy Settings
• Empirical Studies of Robots in Real-World Environments
• Acceptance of Intelligent Robots
• Managing Robots that Can Lie and Deceive
• Envisioning a World Shared with Intelligent Robots

Addresses linguistic skills and technical features needed by robots, as well as the multifacted ability to learn language.

Author information

Judith A. Markowitz, President, J. Markowitz Consultants, Chicago, IL

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Robotics and speech engineers, linguists, social and cognitive scientists.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 344
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 100
- Coloured Illustrations: 20
Keywords: Speech processing

eBook

Published: December 12, 2014
ISBN: 9781614514404

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2014
ISBN: 9781614516033