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Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots that Change by ‘Consuming’ Other Robots | Researchers say this 'robot metabolism' is an early step in giving AI biological style bodies.


Researchers say this 'robot metabolism' is an early step in giving AI biological style bodies.

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