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08.06.09, 20:34
Agnes Guillot dreams of one day seeing a giant 50-centimetre (20-inch) -long white rat called Psikharpax scuttling fearlessly around her lab.
If so, it will be time to scream... but out of joy, rather than fear, for it could be a turning point in the history of robotics.
Psikharpax -- named after a cunning king of the rats, according to a tale attributed to Homer -- is the brainchild of European researchers who believe it may push back a frontier in artificial intelligence.
Scientists have strived for decades to make a robot that can do some more than make repetitive, programmed gestures. These are fine for making cars or amusing small children, but are of little help in the real world.
The future of robots is rat-shaped (http://www.physorg.com/news163591762.html)
If so, it will be time to scream... but out of joy, rather than fear, for it could be a turning point in the history of robotics.
Psikharpax -- named after a cunning king of the rats, according to a tale attributed to Homer -- is the brainchild of European researchers who believe it may push back a frontier in artificial intelligence.
Scientists have strived for decades to make a robot that can do some more than make repetitive, programmed gestures. These are fine for making cars or amusing small children, but are of little help in the real world.
The future of robots is rat-shaped (http://www.physorg.com/news163591762.html)