Darwin’s Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Tech

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Biologist and robotics expert John Long has found an ingenious way to study extinct species: he creates robots that look and behave similarly, applies evolutionary pressures, lets them compete for mates and resources, and mutates their ‘genes.’ In short, he lets robots play the game of life; in the process learning some startling things about the origins–and trajectory–of species.



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