Scientists in Dundee have announced plans to create a “robot village” in an effort to learn how different cultures emerge in society.
The University of Abertay’s four-year study will feature about 60 miniature robots who will be organised into groups and programmed to interact. The project team plans to observe the robots to see how they behave together. The university will undertake the study along with five other institutions across the UK. Scientists say the robots will be organised into groups or “villages” and told to observe then copy each other’s behaviour in different situations. The team believes that when one robot copies another’s behaviour it will be slightly different, creating unpredictable results. Roboticist Professor Alan Winfield, who will lead the team, said: “Of course the behaviours which emerge and evolve will not be human but decidedly robotic.
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