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[ Watch the Video: Simplified Brain Allows iCub Robot To Learn Language ] Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Robots aren’t actually “taught” but rather are programmed. There have been attempts to create a system that can allow robots to “learn” but it is still a matter of essentially programming the new skills. However, a new artificial brain system could enable robots to learn language, which could very well be the key to teaching robots to then do other...

Scientists are developing a new robot called iCub that may eventually learn how to adapt its behavior to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness, Reuters reported.Laboratories across Europe are working on six versions of iCub, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning.Research director Peter Ford Dominey said their goal is to develop the robots to cooperate, understand commands and be able...