U-shaped exception-handling performance in robots (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

U-shaped exception-handling performance in robots

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In scenarios where the meanings of two tasks are swapped, the performance of the robots gradually increases at first, then suddenly dips before finally climbing again. This exact U-shaped curve is replicated in observed children’s language performance.

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Adapted from Tinker et al., 2026.

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