Droids that can fix their kind and treat pneumonia!

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• Self-replicating robots - the future?

• Microbots to help treat pneumonia

• China introduces AI regulation policies.

• Flying snakes inspire airborne robots.

• Insects inspire the creation of 3D-printed droids.

• NSW roads becoming safer through AI.

• Audi is using AI to design wheels.

• Self-breathing batteries to help robots take deeper dives.

• Google AI open sources RT-1 for future learning.

Self-Replicating Robots - Removing Humans from the Equation

If you’re among the people worried about robots taking over, you still may have had some relief in knowing they couldn’t be controlled by anyone other than humans, right?

Think again, as this poor man once predicted...

Scientists at MIT report inching closer toward building robots that can not only fix themselves but also build other robots:

• Robots will be able to decide between building a robot or its particular structure.

• A group of robots will be able to work on a specific task without interrupting each other.

• This entire system will give robots the ability to individually choose what they have to build and what size it would be.

• Scientists believe this would aid a lot in space exploration without needing human help.

An interesting study and it’ll be exciting to see how this pans out. And no, we don’t think this can end up with robots dominating humans, because one universal problem will remain…

Microbots Helping Treat Pneumonia

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have made tiny microbots that can enter the body, swim around lungs, and treat diseases like pneumonia.

Experimented on mice, the microbots treated and cured a group of subjects, while the group not exposed to treatment all passed away. Here’s all you need to know:

• They’re made from algal cells whose surfaces are speckled with nanoparticles containing antibiotics.

• The algae provide mobility for microrobots to swim around and deliver antibiotics straight to more bacteria in the lungs.

• The treatment from microbots turned out to be more effective than the one done through IV injections.

If successful, this will open doors to new interventions that weren’t possible in the field of medicine ever before.

And this is a prime example of why we believe all the AI and robotics popularity is worth it.

Other News

• China introduces rules and regulations for AI usage in the country. Now that they’ve done it in 2022, we’re hoping by 2032, the USA will do the same.

• Flying snakes (yikes!), inspire a new generation of airborne robots. My snake phobia is shuddering just thinking about it, but if you want, read more here.

• Insect-inspired 3-D printed robots give way to new rigid yet flexible bots that can help in various different industries.

• AI is being used to make NSW roads safer, easier to assess crashes and improve road safety. A very good initiative to control rash driving. What do you think?

• Audi is using AI-inspired imaging to design new wheels. Innovative, right?

• Self-breathing batteries to help robots take deeper ocean dives in explorations.

• Google AI introduces RT-1 to become a source of future robotics learning.

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Opinion of the Day

Ana Shukla, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Botco.ai, believes chat AI can help become the bridge between clients and better mental health. According to her:

• People talking to chat AI have the surety that they won’t be judged, unlike the stigma surrounding the perception of real therapists being too “judgmental”.

• There are also stricter standards of confidentiality in AI, as they’re programmed to do exactly as they’re asked and so, anonymity becomes easy to maintain.

• Chat AI is also powered with tools that have all the answers that clients will need, unlike humans who are limited in their knowledge.

• Ana also believes that AI can provide better virtual accessibility.

While Ana Shukla wholeheartedly agrees that AI can never replace human-level interaction with therapists, it can still help people to start opening up before they can accept going to real people for therapy.

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