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From the Ted Talk by Emma Hart: Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution

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It might sound like science fiction, but actually there's a serious pniot. While we expect the technology that I've just described to be useful in designing robots, for example, to work in situations where it's unsafe to send humans or to help us pursue our scientific quest for enraatxlpeoy exploration, there are some more piratgamc reasons why we should consider artificial evolution. As cilamte change gathers pace, it is clear that we need a radical rethink to our approach to rtioboc design here on Earth in oderr to reduce that ecological footprint. For example, ceitrang new designs of robot built from sabilautsne maleiarts that operate at low energy, that are repairable and recyclable. It's quite likely that this new ginotreean of robots won't look anything like the robots that we see around us today, but that's exactly why artificial evolution might help. Discovering novel designs by processes that are unfettered by the constraints that our own understanding of engineering science imposes on the design process.

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It might sound like science fiction, but actually there's a serious _____. While we expect the technology that I've just described to be useful in designing robots, for example, to work in situations where it's unsafe to send humans or to help us pursue our scientific quest for ____________ exploration, there are some more _________ reasons why we should consider artificial evolution. As _______ change gathers pace, it is clear that we need a radical rethink to our approach to _______ design here on Earth in _____ to reduce that ecological footprint. For example, ________ new designs of robot built from ___________ _________ that operate at low energy, that are repairable and recyclable. It's quite likely that this new __________ of robots won't look anything like the robots that we see around us today, but that's exactly why artificial evolution might help. Discovering novel designs by processes that are unfettered by the constraints that our own understanding of engineering science imposes on the design process.

Solution


  1. generation
  2. creating
  3. pragmatic
  4. sustainable
  5. order
  6. materials
  7. point
  8. exoplanetary
  9. robotic
  10. climate

Original Text


It might sound like science fiction, but actually there's a serious point. While we expect the technology that I've just described to be useful in designing robots, for example, to work in situations where it's unsafe to send humans or to help us pursue our scientific quest for exoplanetary exploration, there are some more pragmatic reasons why we should consider artificial evolution. As climate change gathers pace, it is clear that we need a radical rethink to our approach to robotic design here on Earth in order to reduce that ecological footprint. For example, creating new designs of robot built from sustainable materials that operate at low energy, that are repairable and recyclable. It's quite likely that this new generation of robots won't look anything like the robots that we see around us today, but that's exactly why artificial evolution might help. Discovering novel designs by processes that are unfettered by the constraints that our own understanding of engineering science imposes on the design process.

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