In June in Rotherham, England, Gaak the robot, who is part of a research project into equipping robots to think for themselves, escaped from the lab while it was momentarily unattended and made it as far as the parking lot of the Magna science center before being stopped by a visitor’s car. It had forced its way out of a small pen used to house units scheduled for repair. Said Professor Noel Sharkey, “(The robots) have all learned a significant amount and are becoming more intelligent by the day.” [The Age (Melbourne), 6-20-02]
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