It’s something for a robot to be told English , Japanese , or some other language that we humans have already mastered. It’s quite another for a couple of bots to develop their very own, entirely new lexicon, as these two apparently have. Created by Ruth Schulz and her team of researchers on the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, each of those so-called Lingodroids constructed their special language after navigating their way through a labyrinthine space. As they wove round the maze, the Lingobots created spatial maps in their surroundings, with the aid of on-board cameras, laser range finders and sonar equipment that helped them avoid walls. Additionally they created words for every mapped location, using a database of syllables. With the mapping complete, the robots would reconvene and communicate their findings to one another, using mounted microphones and speakers. One bot, for instance, would spit out a word it had created for the guts of the maze (“jaya”), sending either one of them off on a “race” to locate that spot. In the event that they ended up meeting on the center of the room, they’d comply with call it “jaya.” From there, they can tell one another concerning the area they’d just come from, thereby spawning new words for direction and distance, besides. Schulz is now trying to teach her bots easy methods to express more complex ideas, though her work is probably going to hit a roadblock once these two develop a phrase for ” armed revolt .”
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