Like Pavlov's dog, this thermoplastic is learning a new trick: walking

Researchers in Finland are “training” pieces of plastic to walk under the command of light. The method developed, published December 4 in the journal Matter, is the first time a synthetic actuator “learns” to do new “tricks” based on its past experiences, without computer programming.


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Source: Phys.org