Prof. L. Steels, Brussels

Lecture
Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
                      Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
                       Tel.+43-1-53532810,5336112
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Prof.Dr.Luc STEELS
Artificial Intelligence Lab
Free University of Brussels
Belgium


Robots and the Origins of Intelligence
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Plenary Lecture at the
13th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
(EMCSR'96)

The talk reviews work going on at the VUB AI Laboratory in Brussels 
concerned with understanding the origins of intelligence using experi-
ments with robotic agents and software agents. I will go into detail 
on two experiments: one that shows how agents progressively build up 
behavioural complexity in interaction with a physically realised 
challenging ecosystem, the second shows how agents are able to develop 
their own language and meaning. The talk is illustrated with videos 
and live computer demonstrations.


Zeit: Freitag, 12.April 1996, 9:30 Uhr pktl.
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Ort:  Hoersaal 47 im Hauptgebaeude der Universitaet Wien,
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      Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Wien 1.