Symbol Placement Problem

(Expert in Information Science) Lecture

• Challenges when communicating with robots using language
• No problem with verbal interaction alone
• However, when it comes to real-world actions,
  • There are (almost) infinite correspondences between the real world and the formal world (nouns and objects, verbs and actions, etc.), making it difficult
    • For example, even with the word “touch,” there are various ways to do it (tap, poke, etc.)
  • It depends on the context
• That’s where Embodied Knowledge becomes important
  • There is also research on robots that have learned to connect language and actions

Communication with Robots §