The British engineers creating robots that ‘breed’
Self-cloning robots that may lead way to colonising a new planet, but first scientists must grapple with the question of AI
14 March 2021 • 4:33pm
Hidden deep in robotics labs around the world, a new generation of intelligent machines is learning to breed and evolve.
Just like humans, these robots are able to “give birth” to new versions of themselves, with each one better than the last. They are precise, efficient and creative – and scientists say they could someday help save humanity.
It might sound like something from a sci-fi novel, but robot evolution is an area that has been explored in earnest ever since mathematician John von Neumann showed how a machine could replicate itself in 1949. Now, British engineers are leading global efforts to make it a reality.
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A Naloxone pouch on a police officer’s utility belt (Police Scotland/PA)
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Police officers administered naloxone for first time just two hours after they had completed their training on the spray.
The constables responded to a call in Glasgow’s east end on Tuesday night having participated in a six-month test of carrying and using the intra-nasal spray to reverse an opioid-related drug overdose.
Police officers administered naloxone for first time just two hours after they had completed their training on the spray. The constables responded to a call in Glasgow’s east end on Tuesday night having participated in a six-month test of carrying and using the intra-nasal spray to reverse an opioid-related drug overdose. After successfully administering the spray, the man was stabilised before Scottish Ambulance Service clinicians arrived at the scene and took over emergency medical care. Carrying naloxone is voluntary during the pilot, involving constables, sergeants and inspectors in Glasgow and Falkirk with officers in Dundee to begin training soon, once those involved have completed the training course.