Bots Battle, Breed in A.I. Test
By Michelle Delio
2:00 a.m. Feb. 7, 2002 PST
Smart robots equipped with energy-sucking fangs and big appetites will soon be locked in a struggle for survival as they attempt to create their own civilization.
In an experiment that sounds like a science-fiction film plot but is actually as close to real life as artificial intelligence can get, several dozen "predator" and "prey" robots will be released next month into a prepared habitat at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in the north of England.
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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Where Berlin goes to forget: welcome to the robo pub
John Hooper in Berlin
Saturday February 2, 2002
The Guardian
The bartenders in the club on the corner of Münzstrasse are all just under seven feet tall. One serves wine and spirits; another, beer. The third will provide you with a range of snacks in packets. The bartenders in the club on the corner of Münzstrasse are machines.
Everything, in fact, in the Automaten bar is - as its name suggests - automated. I don't know for sure, but it could be the world's first robot hostelry.
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