07. Publications

Road Map

• A Road Map paper for the development of new theoretical concepts and methods for the study and design of linguistic communication and action language integration in robots (updated March 2010)

journals (12)

• Marocco D, Cangelosi A., Belpaeme T. & Fischer K. (in press). Grounding action words in the sensory-motor interaction with the world: Experiments with the iCub humanoid robot. Frontiers in Neurorobotics.
• Lyon C., Sato Y., Saunders J. & Nehaniv C. L. (in press). What is Needed for a Robot to Acquire Grammar? Some Underlying Primitive Mechanisms for the Synthesis of Linguistic Ability. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.
• Cangelosi A. (in press). Grounding Language in Action and Perception: From Cognitive Agents to Humanoid Robots. Physics of Life Reviews.
• Nagai Y. & Rohlfing K. (2009). Computational Analysis of Motionese Toward Scaffolding Robot Action Learning. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development. 1 (1), pp. 44-54.
• Fontanari J.F., Tikhanoff V., Cangelosi A., Ilinc R. & Perlovsky L. (2009). Cross-situational learning of object-word mapping using Neural Modeling Fields. Neural Networks. 22, pp. 579-585.
• Borisyuk R., Kazanovich Y., Chik D., Tikhanoff V. & Cangelosi A. (2009). A neural model of selective attention and object segmentation in the visual scene: An approach based on partial synchronization and star-like architecture of connections. Neural Networks. 22, pp. 707-719.
• Lohse M., Hanheide M., Pitsch K., Rohlfing K.J. & Sagerer G. (2009). Improving HRI design applying Systemic Interaction Analysis (SInA). Interaction Studies. 10 (3), pp. 298-323.
• Mohan. V., Morasso P., Metta G. & Sandini,G. (2009). A biomimetic, force-field based computational model for motion planning and bimanual coordination in humanoid robots. Autonomous Robots. 27 (3), pp. 291-301.
• Arie H., Endo T., Arakaki T., Sugano S. & Tani J. (2009). Creating novel goal-directed actions at criticality: a neuro-robotic experiment. New Mathematics and Natural Computation. 5 (1), pp. 307-334.
• Nishimoto R. & Tani J. (2009). Development process of functional hierarchy for actions and motor imagery: a constructivist view from synthetic neuro-robotics study. Psychological Research.
• Zeschel A. (2008). Lexical chunking effects in syntactic processing. Cognitive Linguistics. 19 (3), pp. 419-438.
• Zeschel A. (2008). Introduction: Usage-based approaches to language processing and representation. Cognitive Linguistics. 19(3), pp. 349-55

conference papers (21)

• Saunders J., Lyon C. , Förster F., Nehaniv C.L. & Dautenhahn K. 2009). A Constructivist Approach to Robot Language Learning via Simulated Babbling and Holophrase Extraction. Proceedings of 2nd International IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
• Kempson R., Gregoromichelaki E. & Sato Y. (2009). Incrementality, Speaker-Hearer Switching and the Disambiguation Challenge. EACL Workshop on the Semantic Representation of Spoken Language. Athens. 
• Metta G. (2009). Towards addressing large scale regression problems using a streaming approximate SVM. Workshop on Approaches to Sensorimotor Learning on Humanoid Robots. ICRA 2009 Kobe. Japan. May 12-17. (download abstract as pdf).
• De Greeff J., Delaunay F. & Belpaeme T. (2009). Human-Robot Interaction in Concept Acquisition: a computational model. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning. Shangai, China.
• Rolf M., Hanheide M. & Rohlfing, K.J. (2009). Attention via synchrony. Making use of multimodal cues in social learning. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.
• Schillingmann L., Wrede B. & Rohlfing K. (2009). Towards a Computational Model of Acoustic Packaging. Best paper award 2009. Proceeding of International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL).
• Vollmer A. L., Lohan K. S., Fischer K., Nagai Y., Pitsch K., Fritsch J., Rohlfing K. J. & Wrede B. (2009). People modify their tutoring behaviour in Robot-Directed Interaction for Action Learning. Proceeding of International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL).
• Pitsch K., Vollmer A. L., Fritsch J., Wrede B., Rohlfing K. J. & Sagerer G. (2009). On the loop of action modification and the recipient's gaze in adult-child interaction. In: GESPIN (Gesture and Speech in Interaction) 2009. Poznan, Poland.
• Pitsch K., Kuzuoka H., Suzuki Y., Süssenbach L., Luff P. & Heath C. (2009). The first five seconds: Contingent stepwise entry into an interaction as a means to secure sustained engagement. In: ROMAN (IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication) 2009. Toyama, Japan.
• Schillingmann L., Wrede B., Rohlfing K., Fischer K. (2009). The Structure of Robot Directed Interaction compared to Adult and Infant Directed Interaction using a Model for Acoustic Packaging. IEEE RO-MAN (Dialogue and human-robot-interaction).
• Lohan K. S., Vollmer A. L., Fritsch J., Rohlfing K. & Wrede B. (2009). Which ostensive stimuli can be used for a robot to detect and maintain tutoring situations? In: ACII Workshop.
• Fontanari J.F., Tikhanoff V., Cangelosi A. & Perlovsky L. (2009). A cross-situational algorithm for learning a lexicon using neural modeling fields. IJCNN International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. Atlanta, June 2009.
• Mohan V., Zenzeri. J, Morasso P. & Metta G. (2009). Composing and coordinating body models of arbitrary complexity and redundancy: A biomimetic field computing approach. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS). St.Louis, MO, USA October 11 – 15.
• Nori F., Sandini G. & Konczak J. (2009). Can imprecise internal motor models explain the ataxic hand trajectories during reaching in young infants? Ninth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems.
• Ferrauto T., Tuci E., Mirolli M., Massera G. & Nolfi S. (2009). Two Examples of Active Categorisation Processes Distributed Over Time. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EPIROB 2009). L. Caňamero, P.-Y.Oudeyer, and Balkenius C. (Eds). Lund University Cognitive Studies, pp. 49-56.
•  Tuci E., Massera G. & Nolfi S. (2009). On the dynamics of active categorisation of different objects shape through tactile sensors. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference of Artificial Life (ECAL 2009).
• Tuci E., Massera G. & Nolfi S. (2009). Active categorical perception in an evolved anthropomorphic robotic arm. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), special session on Evolutionary Robotics. Trondheim, Norway, May 18-21.
• C. Lyon & J. Saunders (2009). Investigating the basis for conversation between human and robot. EpiRob Conference. Venice, November.
• Tikhanoff V., Cangelosi A., Fitzpatrick P., Metta G., Natale L. &  Nori F. (2008). An open-source simulator for cognitive robotics research: The prototype of the iCub humanoid robot simulator. R. Madhavan & E.R. Messina (Eds.), Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop (PerMIS’08). Washington, D.C.
• Tikhanoff V., Fitzpatrick P., Nori F., Natale L., Metta G. & Cangelosi A. (2008). The iCub humanoid robot simulator. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2008). Nice, 22-26 September 2008.  
• Saunders J., Nehaniv C.L. & Dautenhahn K. (2008). What is an Appropriate Theory of Imitation for a Robot Learner? Lab-rs, 9-14, ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behaviors for Robotic Systems

conference abstracts and posters (13)

• Morse, A. F., Belpaeme, T., & Cangelosi, A. (in press). Robotic models of spatial biases in categorization. NCPW12, the 12th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, London, April 2010
• Cangelosi A. and ITALK team (2010). Integration and Transfer of Action and Language Knowledge in Robots. CogSys 2010 - 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, Zurich, january 2010
• Rolf, M., Hanheide, M. & Rohlfing, K.J. (2009). The use of synchrony in parent-child interaction can be measured on a signal level. Meeting of the Society of Research in Child Development. Denver USA, 2–4 April.
• Schillingmann L., Wrede B. & Rohlfin K. (2009). Acoustic Packaging. The international workshop for young robotics researchers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Boston, USA.
• Lohan K., Wrede B. & Rohlfing K. (2009). Analyzing Contingency in Tutoring Situations. The international workshop for young robotics researchers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Boston, USA.
• Sciutti A., Nori F., Metta G., Pozzo T. & G. Sandini (2009). Internal models in two-dimensional target motion prediction and interception. Journal of Vision 9 (VSS Abstract supplement), p.1141a.
• Sciutti A., Nori F., Metta G., Pozzo T. & G. Sandini (2009). Learning to intercept targets driven by force fields: effects of modulus and orientation variability. Perception 38 (ECVP Abstract Supplement). Pion (ed.), p. 141.
• C. Lyon and J. Saunders (2009). Investigating the basis for conversation between human and robot. EpiRob Conference. Venice, November.
• Cangelosi A., Belpaeme T., Sandini G., Metta G., Fadiga L., Sagerer G., Rohlfing K., Wrede B., Nolfi S., Parisi D., Nehaniv C., Dautenhahn K., Saunders J., Fischer K., Tani J.  & Roy D. (2008). The ITALK project: Integration and transfer of action and language knowledge. Proceedings of Third ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2008). Amsterdam, 12-15 March 2008.  
• Cangelosi A., Belpaeme T., Sandini G., Metta G., Fadiga L., Sagerer G., Rohlfing K., Wrede B., Nolfi S., Parisi D., Marocco D., Nehaniv C., Dautenhahn K., Saunders J., Fischer K.  & Tani J. (2008). The ITALK project: Integration and transfer of action and language knowledge in robots. Proceedings of CogSys2008: International Conference on Cognitive Systems. Karlsruhe, 1-4 April 2008.  
• Tikhanoff V., Cangelosi A., Tani J. & Metta G. (2008). Towards language acquisition in autonomous robots. Proceedings of ALIFE XI, Winchester.
• Belpaeme  T. (2008). All talk and action: how language and action impact on artificial cognition. Rohlfing, K. (Ed.) Intermodal Action Structuring. Bielefeld, Germany, 2008.
• Pitsch K. & Rohlfing K. (2008). On the interactional organisation of imitating actions: How young children learn to manipulate objects in social situations. International Conference on Multimodality and Learning: New Perspectives on Knowledge. London, 2008.

book chapters (9)

• Rohlfing K. J. (to appear). Meaning in the objects. In: J. Meibauer & M. Steinbach (Eds). Experimental Pragmatics/Semantics. Amsterdam: Benjamins. (download abstract as pdf).
• 2. Fumagalli M., Gijsberts A., Ivaldi S., Jamone L., Metta G., Natale L. & Nori F. (2010). Learning To Exploit Proximal Force Sensing: a Comparison Approach. To appear in: From Motor to Interaction Learning in Robots.
• Mohan. V., Morasso P., Metta G. & Kasderidis S. (2009). Actions & Imagined Actions in Cognitive Robots. To appear in: Perception-Reason-Action cycle: Models, algorithms and systems. J.G.Taylor, V. Cutsuridis, N. Tishby, A. Hussain (Eds). Springer USA, Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems. pp. 1-32.
• Courtney P., Michel O., Cangelosi A., Tikhanoff V., Metta G., Natale L., Nori F. & Kernbach S. (2009). Cognitive Systems Platforms using Open Source. Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems. Hardcover (Ed). pp.139-160.
• Fumagalli M., Gijsberts A., Ivaldi S., Jamone L., Metta G., Natale L., Nori F. & Sandini G. (2010). Learning to Exploit Proximal Force Sensing: a Comparison Approach. From Motor Learning to Interaction Learning in Robots.
• Fischer K. (2008). Die Interaktion zwischen Konstruktionsgrammatik und Kontextwissen am Beispiel des Satzmodus in Instruktionsdialogen. In: Anatol Stefanowitsch and Kerstin Fischer (eds.). Konstruktionsgrammatik II: Von der Konstruktion zur Theorie. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. (download abstract as pdf).
• Zeschel A. (to appear). What's (in) a construction? Non-predictability vs. entrenchment as criterial attributes. Vyvyan Evans and Stephanie Pourcel, (Eds.),  New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.  (download abstract as pdf).
• Nori F., Metta G. & Sandini G. (2008) . Exploiting motor modules in modular contexts. Robust intelligent systems. Schuster, Alfons (ed.) 2008, XII, 299 p. 81 Illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-260-9. (download abstract as pdf).
• Courtney P., Michel O., Cangelosi A., Tikhanoff V., Metta G., Natale L., Nori F. & Serge Kernbach (2008). Cognitive Systems Platforms using Open Source. R. Madhavan, E. Tunstel, and E. Messina (Eds.), Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems. Springer. (dowload abstract as pdf)

Submitted papers (5)

• Cangelosi A., Metta G., Sagerer G., Nolfi S., Nehaniv C.L., Fischer K., Tani J., Sandini G., Fadiga L., Wrede B., Rohlfing K., Tuci E., Dautenhahn K., Saunders J., Zeschel A. (under review). Integration of action and language knowledge: A roadmap for developmental robotics. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development
• Mirolli M., Ferrauto T. & Nolfi S. (2009). Categorisation through Evidence Accumulation in an Active Vision System (submitted).
• Tuci E., Massera G. & Nolfi S. (2009). Active categorical perception of object shapes in a simulated anthropomorphic robotic arm (submitted).
• Schillingmann L., Wrede B. & Rohlfing K. (2009). A Computational Model of Acoustic Packaging (submitted).
• Mohan V., Morasso P., Metta G., Zenzeri J. & Sandini G. (2010). Teaching baby humanoid iCub to write iCub and beyond. (submitted).

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