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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: 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.