Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI) Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien Tel.+43-1-53532810,5336112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VORTRAG ******* Prof.Dr.Luc STEELS Artificial Intelligence Lab Free University of Brussels Belgium Robots and the Origins of Intelligence -------------------------------------- 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. ******** Ort: Hoersaal 47 im Hauptgebaeude der Universitaet Wien, ************************************************** Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Wien 1.