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: 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]