Robot mother builds and improves its own children

Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 11:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have built a mother robot that independently builds its own children and then tests their performance to inform the design of the next generation. By analyzing the data it collects from observing the child, the mother robot ensures that preferential traits are passed down to the next iteration, while letting weaknesses fall by the wayside.

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