Re: is communication a requirement to collaborate?

"Christian Guttmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am currently looking into communication and collaboration among
> agents. Does anyone have an educated answer about the following question.
>
>  > Is collaboration possible without communication?
>
> By "without communication", I mean: no exchange of any information
> whatsoever - not before collaboration, not during collaboration, not
> through the environment, not through signals and not through direct means.
>
> In case, anyone has a positive answer, it would be helpful if there is
> also a publication about this matter.
>
> I am looking forward to responses.
>
> /Christian
>

Hello,

Of course it's possible.  Humans do it all the time (without any
communication), for example a human may see a small group of other humans
unsucccessfully "pushing" a vehicle out of deep mud and join in to try to
help by pushing with the others (and the helping human could do so even
without knowing the local language or perhaps even without being noticed).
Etc.

Similarly for humanoid "agents".  If you want examples from my work
("Anthrobotics") in designing humanoid "robots" with "bonding" abilities so
they might "want" to collaborate, please contact me directly.

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