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The latest issue of Scientific American (@sciam) features our Smart Cellular Bricks research: simple cubes that collectively recognize their…
The latest issue of Scientific American (@sciam) features our Smart Cellular Bricks research: simple cubes that collectively recognize their own shape and repair themselves without a central brain. ht
The latest issue of Scientific American (@sciam) features our Smart Cellular Bricks research: simple cubes that collectively recognize their own shape and repair themselves without a central brain. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-smart-bricks-know-what-object-they-make-up/ What if 200 simple blocks, with no central controller and no idea where they are, could figure out what object they have built, and tell you exactly where pieces are missing? That is what Smart Cellular Bricks do. Led by Sakana AI researcher Sebastian Risi and collaborators at IT University of Copenhagen and Autodesk, each cube runs the same small neural network and communicates only with its direct neighbors. From purely local exchanges, the collective converges on the correct global shape, locates damage, and can even guide its own repair. No module is in charge. No module knows its position. From simulation to 197 physical bricks with 100% accuracy, this is a step toward machines that build and heal themselves.
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