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How we're using evolution to build robots that can adapt & learn on their own - C C - Jun 1, 2018
http://theconversation.com/how-were-using-darwins-theory-of-evolution-to-build-robots-that-can-adapt-and-learn-on-their-own-96997
EXCERPT: In the US, robot sales are predicted to increase by at least 15% per year between 2017 and 2020. Contrasting that to the human race, with an annual population increase of approximately 1.1%, has led some to predict that the number of robots in the world will surpass the number of humans within 30 years.
Most of these robots will perform repetitive tasks that require little or no intelligence, but a huge range of useful jobs need robots that can adapt and learn on their own. That’s why we’re using Darwinian evolution as the basis of our robot design process. [...] Crucially, artificial evolution gives us a tool to adapt robots to their environmental niches, which might be key to successfully deploying robots for useful tasks in the harshest environments Australia has to offer....
MORE: http://theconversation.com/how-were-using-darwins-theory-of-evolution-to-build-robots-that-can-adapt-and-learn-on-their-own-96997