Northwestern's Modular Robots Use AI to Adapt to Damage Mid-Mission

Researchers at Northwestern University built modular robots that use AI to reconfigure themselves when damaged, navigating unpredictable terrain without human intervention.

Embodied AI just got more resilient. Northwestern University researchers have developed modular robots that use AI to adapt on the fly when they sustain damage or encounter unexpected terrain, as @Reuters reported. The robots can reconfigure their physical structure autonomously — losing a limb and compensating, or rearranging modules to handle a new obstacle.

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