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What exactly is an amorphous non-silicon biological robot, and why would we need one? Researchers at the University of the West of England can answer both those questions: One, it’s a robot made of slime mould and, two, it could in future lead to revolutionary developments in medicine, computing
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While robots aren’t the ubiquitous household companions many science-fiction novels and films imagined in the last century, they are increasingly being put to work in a variety of specialised fields. Following are six robots that could soon prove helpful in monitoring the environment, improving efficiency and enabling other types
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Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are taking robots out of the laboratory and bringing them into a house in Hatfield to develop them as personal companions. The “robot house” will be open to the media on 27 May and will be launched to the public in early June. Kerstin
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UK researchers have developed a robot scientist that’s actually independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The intelligent computer system called — appropriately enough — Adam discovered on its own “simple but new” scientific knowledge about the genomics of the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which scientists study as a model for more
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What possible use could there be for a robotic fish? Well, researchers at the University of Essex say they’ve identified quite a beneficial one: analysing and monitoring water pollution. Professors from the university’s School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering are using £2.5 million in funding to
