Understanding Maaike Harbers Virginia Dignum Richard Stocker Stefan Kopp Gita Sukthankar Rianne van Lambalgen

What is understanding? Result of an interpretation process Interpretation Process Degree of Understanding

Issues Understanding is an ongoing process, evolving over time – How can you represent this? – What influences understanding and how much? – What happens if you understand something better? Communication – Providing information, Questioning, Order – Representation of communication signals – Improve communication between humans and robots

Issues Knowledge of task structure eases understanding – Known beforehand – Ongoing process of updating structure – Without known roles, understanding changes more than with roles Observation is important to understand – Observation of environment

Issues How should understanding be represented – How is understanding represented in humans? – Do agents/robots need to have the same representation as humans? – Representation depends on capabilities Focus on individual, but shared understanding is also important! – How to come from individual understanding to shared understanding? – (future work)

Milestones Decide on milestones! To be continued……