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Robotic scientists will 'speed up discovery'
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have unveiled a robotic colleague that has been working non-stop in their lab throughout lockdown. The £100,000 programmable researcher learns from its results to refine its experiments. "It can work autonomously, so I can run experiments from home," explained Benjamin Burger, one of the developers. Such technology could make scientific discovery "a thousand times faster", scientists say.
A new report by the Royal Society of Chemistry lays out a "post-Covid national research strategy", using robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced computing as part of a suite of technologies that "must be urgently embraced" to help socially distancing scientists continue their search for solutions to global challenges.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:53AM (1 child)
Nice robot. Imagine a cluster of these, performing occult rituals...
Wait, what is this robot really supposed to help with, butchering mammals???
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 2) by leon_the_cat on Tuesday July 07 2020, @11:11AM
Yes I hear Epstein has a bunch of these delivered to his home a few months before he didn't kill himself.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:59AM
Unfortunately it was stolen. Police are now looking for what they describe as a more attractive than average Chinese grad student with decent English skills.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @11:40AM (5 children)
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have unveiled a robotic colleague that has been working non-stop in their university throughout lockdown. The £100,000 programmable researcher learns from its results to refine its experiments. "It can work autonomously, so I can run experiments from home," explained Benjamin VeggieBurger, one of the developers. So far, this robot has discovered 15,384 new genders and 377 new hair colours, which is "a thousand times faster", scientists say.
A new report by the Royal Society of SJWs lays out a "post-Covid national research strategy", using robotics, artificial moronics and advanced computing as part of a suite of technologies that "must be urgently embraced" to help socially distancing gender study scholars continue their search for new genders.
(Score: 1) by Opportunist on Tuesday July 07 2020, @12:33PM (1 child)
Ya know, that's just what the young folks do, back in my time, in the 50s, they got together to invent new and silly dances, today they just invent new and silly genders.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:28PM
Score! Massive ZINGER.
Meanwhile someone's taken away your healthcare and put $5T on your tab. Oops.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @03:59PM (2 children)
Why are you red-staters so eager to regulate genders and body parts? You wan't "gov't out of personal issues" unless you personally are bothered by certain personal issues. I find that hypocritical.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @04:42PM (1 child)
Why are you soy eaters so eager to regulate our language? We know what "male" and "female" is. Those two distinct pools is what the vast majority of animals breaks up to. Trying to push your personal issues onto us is what I find nefarious.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @05:02PM
There's no point trying to have a rational discussion with a SJW and I speak from experience since my son became one. The wife and I decided the best thing to do was to euthanize him and then we adopted a Chinese kid. Smart move: he's obedient, understands there are only two genders, and gets good grades!
(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday July 07 2020, @12:14PM
The winner of this years Nobel-prize go to: ResearchBot5001
Right. Can't let all the research nerds actually meet other humans. Better keep them apart so whatever research-cooties they have doesn't spread.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @04:23PM
The "AI will solve it" craze has finally passed. Now "Robots will solve it".
Whatever "it" is, you can be sure researchers aren't actually trying to solve it any more. It's the same as how modern universities hire thousands of foreign laborers to churn out product with no decent training or motivation. Just stay in the basement until you've writing 5 papers. I don't care what they're on. 5 minimum.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @04:46PM (2 children)
Their AI did a whole bunch of research and came out with some uncomfortable conclusions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:26PM (1 child)
What was that? That getting cheap interns to download TensorFlow and run simulations is easier than actual work?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @09:49PM
Micro$oft Tay, of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(bot) [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday July 07 2020, @08:24PM (1 child)
I wanted to be an ambulance driver not a scientist.
Oh well, I will devote myself to research. For example, how on earth did Americans vote into office an orange clown... while performing the right choice.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @08:42PM
Cause the alternative was much worse? Remember he didn't have to be good, just better then her.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Zinnia Zirconium on Tuesday July 07 2020, @11:20PM
With a price tag like £100,000 this robotic thingie has to be shared, right? So it's like a timesharing mainframe back in the olden times when computers had to be shared because they were rare and expensive.
I'm younger than personal computer technology so there hasn't been a time in my lifetime that I couldn't have exclusive use of a computer.
I want exclusive use of a personal telepresence robot to be my avatar in the outside world while I stay home. Also I want my telepresence robot to be cuter than me.