This could actually help researchers studying the brain, by validating pathways thought to be important in processing language. But more importantly, it could help robots learn more efficiently, according to Dominey. "At present, engineers are simply unable to program all of the knowledge required in a robot," he said in a statement. "We now know that the way in which robots acquire their knowledge of the world could be partially achieved through a learning process – in the same way as children." Creepy, creepy robot children.