Robot scientists can think for themselves
Two teams of researchers said on Thursday they had created machines that could reason, formulate theories and discover scientific knowledge on their own, marking a major advance in the field of artificial intelligence.
intrinsi on April 2nd 2009 in Robotics
Will Artificial Organism with Advanced Group Intelligence Evolve?
Swarm robotics is a field of study based on the supposition that simple, individual robots can interact and collaborate to form a single artificial organism with more advanced group intelligence.
intrinsi on January 11th 2009 in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
IEEE Spectrum: The Rise of the Machines
There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers—a robot density almost 10 times the world average and nearly twice that of Singapore (169), South Korea (164), and Germany (163).
intrinsi on December 10th 2008 in Robotics