A Step Toward Robo-Science
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Last week, scientists in the U.K. announced that they have developed a robot capable of making simple scientific discoveries on its own.
The robotic system, dubbed Adam, hypothesizes about which genes in yeast code for the enzymes responsible for catalyzing certain biochemical reactions. It then carries out experiments designed to prove its hypotheses right or wrong. (more…)