Interact with Robot in Your Natural Language Robot Globe

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a model for processing natural language so that a robot can be given basic verbal commands and then act on them without the need for additional programming. Robots can be programmed to perform all sorts of repetitive tasks, but they don't adapt well to changing environments and circumstances. They rely on people to give them direction and orient them to a precise set of parameters that will not change. What if a person could simply tell the robot what is needed and that language could be understood and then acted upon, without the need for extensive programming? Researchers from Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Rochester are working to address this problem.