Robot ‘Natural Selection’ Recombines Into Something Totally New
Robot ‘Natural Selection’ Recombines Into Something Totally New
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 27, 20198m 37s
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Show Notes
Bacteria do it. Viruses do it. Worms, mammals, even bees do it. Every living thing on Earth replicates, whether that be asexually (boring) or sexually (fun). Robots do not do it: The machines are steely and very uninterested in reproduction. But perhaps they can learn. Scientists in a fascinating field known as evolutionary robotics are trying to get machines to adapt to the world, and eventually to reproduce on their own, just like biological organisms.
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