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Robots with instincts

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An evolutionary algorithm has been developed that allows robots to adapt to unforeseen change. The robots learn behaviours quickly and instinctively by mining the memory of their past achievements. See Letter p.503

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Figure 1: Adaptive machines.

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  1. Christoph Adami is in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, Michigan 48824, USA.,

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Adami, C. Robots with instincts. Nature 521, 426–427 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/521426a

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