AI Creates Robot in Seconds

A team of scientists from North-Western University created the first in its kind artificial intelligence (AI), capable of independently developing robots. By giving AI to design a robot capable of moving on a flat surface, scientists were amazed: the process of evolution of living creatures, which occupied billions of years, II carried out in just a few seconds.

A distinctive feature of this AI is its ability to work on a regular personal computer, creating completely new designs. Unlike other AI systems, in this case, powerful supercomputers or huge databases are not required.

As notes Sam Krigman from North-Western University: “We have created an algorithm that bypasses the dead end moments of evolution without relying on human experience.” The process of quick design Krigman called “instant evolution.”

Surprisingly, AI himself came to the conclusion that for the movement of the robot the legs are needed. However, instead of classic four legs, AI proposed a three -legged design with a number of other unusual elements, including holes in the robot case.

“When people create robots, they most often make them in the image and likeness of familiar objects. But II can offer completely new solutions,” Criegman emphasizes.

Although the first Robot AI is only able to move slowly, scientists see enormous potential in this technology. In the future, such robots can be used to search for people under the rubble, repair sewer systems or even in medicine for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases at the cell level.

“The only thing that interferes with the creation of these new tools and therapy is that we do not know how to develop them. Fortunately, AI has its own ideas about this,” concludes Krigman.