Grounding Word Meanings In Sensor Data: Dealing With Referential Uncertainty
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We consider the problem of how the meanings of words can be grounded in sensor data. A probabilistic representation for the meanings of words is defined, a method for recovering meanings from observational information about word use in the face of referential uncertainty is described, and empirical results with real utterances and robot sensor data are presented.
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