Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge

Friday, April 3, 2009 - 08:35 in Mathematics & Economics

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have created a Robot Scientist which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The robot, called Adam, is a computer system that fully automates the scientific process. The work is published today (3 April 2009) in the journal Science...

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