Artificial Intelligence: The Point of View of Developmental Robotics

Abstract

We present here the research directions of the newly formed Artificial Intelligence Lab of Aldebaran Robotics. After a short historical review of AI, we introduce the field of developmental robotics, which stresses the importance of understanding the dynamical aspect of intelligence and the early developmental stages from sensorimotor categorization up to higher level socio-cognitive skills. Taking inspiration in particular from developmental psychology, the idea is to model the underlying mechanisms of gradual learning in the context of a progressively more complex interaction with the environment and with other agents. We review the different aspects of this approach that are explored in the lab, with a focus on language acquisition and symbol grounding.