[extropy-chat] A Fully Autonomous Robot Builds Its Own Brain and Learns from Scratch

[Emlyn]

It's only a press release... I can't find any real information.
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Emlyn

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:05:12 -0700, Zero Powers <zero.powers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Holy moly!  Is this for real?!?  Am I reading more into this than is
> warranted or has someone really built a "creative" robot?
> 
> Zero
> 
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:24:52 -0700 (PDT), Giu1i0 Pri5c0
> 
> 
> <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >From eMediaWire: For the first time in history, a
> > robot has built its own synthetic central nervous
> > system and then learned not only to walk, but how to
> > autonomously enter and navigate the corridors of
> > complex buildings. This dramatic experiment was
> > recently conducted at Imagination Engines, Inc. (IEI)
> > in St. Louis, Missouri. Neural networks spontaneously
> > connect themselves in a matter of seconds into the
> > neural circuitry required for extremely ambitious
> > robotic brains. The resulting neural network
> > architecture both resembles and functions like a
> > brain, a collection of individual neural networks
> > fused into a contemplative system that can form
> > complete models of their worlds, consider alternative
> > scenarios, and finally choose that alternative best
> > suited to a given problem.
> > http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/9/emw159636.htm
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