Adam The Robot Scientist Makes Its First Discovery

When it comes to being a scientist, Adam is quite the standout. No, he is not a Nobel Prize Laureate or even a prodigy. He’s more like a prototype – the first robot to design, perform, and interpret a series of scientific experiments leading to a new discovery. As anyone who has taken a high school science class can confirm, taking detailed notes is an integral part of doing science. Unfortunately, this is one area where even the most dedicated scientists can fall short. Unless of course that scientist is a robot that can record the experiments as they are being performed. As if the development of an autonomous robot with a knack for science wasn’t impressive enough, Adam quickly wowed his creators by solving a yeast genetics puzzle that had baffled researchers for decades! And it’s not difficult to imagine the advantages of a robot scientist in the laboratory. Adam and his counterparts will significantly increase the rates at which important advancements are made, inching us closer to the time when robots are more our colleagues than our tools. Check out the video below to see Adam carrying out a typical experiment.

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How amazing is that! A robot actually solved a genetics problem that had baffled scientists for decades! What will they do next? Technology really is becoming quite advanced, what interesting times we live in, I'm glad I'm still quite young, lets just hope we all live past 2012 to see what the future may hold in store for us...

Well these are indeed exciting times we are living in. This should VASTLY decrease the amount of time it takes for scientific discoveries to come to fruition and begin to benefit mankind. The implications are mind boggling.

Amazing.
It is something else to be able to witness the rapid rise in robotics technology. Decades from now people will look back to these types of developments as things that molded the way society functions.

Exciting times.

One more step towards the singularity..

...I wonder when robots become something else by improving themselves..

Pretty cool, but the true test of a scientist, is their ability to make their findings meet the predetermined outcomes of the politicians.

That is where the big money comes in.