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Drashner1

11-30-2021, 10:50 AM
World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

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and the published journal paper - LINK

Prosapien

12-06-2021, 12:49 PM
I just heard about this on Science Friday, on NPR. So wild! Kinda creepy too....

Drashner1

12-06-2021, 01:08 PM
(12-06-2021, 12:49 PM)Prosapien Wrote: [ -> ]I just heard about this on Science Friday, on NPR. So wild! Kinda creepy too....

The biological aspect feels a bit...unexpected...as discussions of self-repping tech (and robotics in particular) generally seems to assume cybernetic devices.
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