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AI-controlled robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches

AI-controlled robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches

20 October 2022

A laser controlled by two cameras and a small computer running an AI model can be trained to target certain types of insect
A mechanical neural network

Mechanical neural network could enable smart aircraft wings that morph

19 October 2022

A neural network forms the basis of many modern artificial intelligence set-ups, and now the concept has been applied to a purely mechanical calculating machine

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