Instant Genius: Robots
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Wild ideas in scienceRobots will never think like us
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Artificial intelligence keeps getting smarter: it can thrash us at games, classify images and drive cars. But it can never imitate human thought.
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Meet the robots taking on tasks we'd rather not
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One day we’ll look back at the world before our robot overlords took over and wonder why we got them cleaning windows and flipping burgers…
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Could robots be programmed to evolve?
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The Terminator might be the the eventual outcome from evolving robots, but we're still some way off from an army of Arnies just yet.
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Origami robots: the future of the flat-pack?
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Self-assembling shelves, coffee tables morphing into bedside cabinets – the future might build itself...
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Inspired by nature: Welcome to the world of swarm robots
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Why have one robot when you could have a thousand all working together? Ian Taylor checks out the latest advancement in robotics...
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Animal motion and the soft robots of the future
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When it comes to creating the robots of the future, we have a lot to learn from Mother Nature.
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Five of the smartest robots in history
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Robots are everywhere these days, but how close are they to thinking for themselves? Here are five intelligent robots showing the evolution of AI.
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Uncanny valley6 robots so creepy they'll haunt your dreams
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We don't have to rely on sci-fi when it comes to creating scary robots - scientist have been building terrifying (although incredibly useful) robotic humans for years.
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Can robots be creative?
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Humans have been mastering the arts and creating music for thousands of years - how can we expect computers to do it in less than a century?
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Why do we make robots look like humans?
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Humanoid robots that aren't quite human enough can trigger feelings of revulsion.
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Retro robots13 old androids doing run-of-the-mill things
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Robots have revolutionised industry, medicine and space travel, but they haven't always had such lofty ideals - here are a few retro robots from history doing everyday tasks.
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10 of the greatest robots in sport (and one human)
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The human race might soon have a new challenger - but it's probably not one of these sporting robots.