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Author
Mind Matters

Date
October 1, 2018

Categorized
Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
robotic skin, robotics}

Can a stuffed toy turn into a robot?

_{Maybe to amuse a sick child? With the right skin, yes.} _{Mind Matters

October 1, 2018

Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Robotic skins were developed at Yale for possible uses in space flight or search-and-rescue. But animating ordinary bendable objects is surely a fun way to introduce the idea. Read More ›

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Author
Mind Matters

Date
September 20, 2018

Categorized
Natural Intelligence

Tagged
intelligence, octopus, Philosophy of Mind, robotics}

Is the octopus a “second genesis of intelligence”?

_{Can its strange powers provide insights for robotics or the human mind?} _{Mind Matters

September 20, 2018

Natural Intelligence}

What’s really interesting about these stories is that, while we are learning that there is much intelligence in the animal (and plant) world, including some that can be applied to robotics, very little sheds light on explicitly human intelligence. Read More ›