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A Robot Learns To Fly

Posted by timothy on from the flap-flap dept.

jerkychew writes: "For those of you that read my last post about the robot escaping its captors, there's more news regarding robots and AI. According to this Reuters article, scientists in Sweden created a robot that essentially 'learned to fly' in just three hours. The robot had no preprogrammed instructions on how to achieve lift, it had to deduce everything through trial and error. Very interesting stuff."

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  1. Re:Somehow... by Photon+Ghoul · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Those are called religious fanatics.

  2. Re:Impressive, but... by lovebyte · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Many "lower" animals are born with such knowledge required for their survival.

    Does this sentence correlate with your signature?

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    I'll do it for cheesy poofs.