Earlier we introduced you a detailed debate on granting human-like rights to super-intelligent robots those are not yet developed. Now, Scientists in Dundee have unveiled their plans to form a ‘robot village’ in an attempt to study how diverse robots will behave in this society.
After undergoing four-years of detailed study, University of Abertays will feature approximately 60 miniature robots already programmed to intermingle in an organized groups.
To study how these machines behave together the university will also undertake some other institutions that include: University of Exeter, Warwick, Manchester and Leeds Metropolitan University.
Scientists also believe that when one robot will copy the behavior of another it will be quite different and will help the project team to observe capricious results of their behaviors in different situations.
Roboticist Professor Alan Winfield, the leader of this team said:
Of course the behaviors which emerge and evolve will not be human but decidedly robotic.
It is also said that once these smart machines will start interacting together for some period of time their experimental conditions will be altered to get more detailed results about their adaptability in new conditions. The experiment will also be altered several times over a period of month in an attempt to record robots new learning and copying behaviors.
The bottom line of this research which is estimated to cost more than £700,000 and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, is to identify and interpret their behavior patterns as a proof of an emerging robot culture.
via: BBC
