Brian (host)
10:04:11 AM
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These Vibes are Too Cosmic
Jul 25, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
With DJ AskTheQuestion
Your Weekly Science Show on WPRB!
Flight of the Robot Bug Army
Plus: water in the sea and liquid in Mars, when do trees grow?, and our departed butterfly brethren
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Venus' flower baskets have intricate skeletons that drive whirling turbulent flows to their advantage https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01891-2
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Robot "bugs" that buzz randomly ahead can form organized superstructures that perform tasks https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-swarms-tiny-du...
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Hyperaccurate tree growth measurements show that trees grow at night, when they have recovered enough water lost in the day https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np... See this and other developments in brief here: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6553/tw... | |
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Marsquakes are telling us about the liquid core of the red planet https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-quakes-se... The human genome is done, finally! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/human-g... | |
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Chat is archived.
Richard from Rocky Hill
10:10:06 AM
And good morning to you, Science Illuminator & Disc Master!
Brian (host)
10:21:11 AM
Honored to be so beknighted! Thanks for tuning in Richard!
Richard from Rocky Hill
11:07:33 AM
Very interesting about the mini-teenie robots. If I understood it correctly, the group artificial intelligence of a cluster if them is caused by the geometry of the world around them, which channels them into a unit that subsequently operates cooperatively.
Brian (host)
11:08:07 AM
That is spot on, Richard! It's the interaction between the robots and the circumstances in which they are placed that leads to complicated behavior.
Brian (host)
11:08:46 AM
It's interesting to think how, if you wanted robots to navigate a particular type of environment, they might have different base behaviors. An office-exploring swarm would move a lot differently than a forest-exploring swarm, maybe
Chef Emeril Legasse
11:23:13 AM
Good morning and happy brunch!
Brian (host)
11:29:40 AM
Happy brunch to you Emeril! May your tables be set and your cupboards stocked
Chef Emeril Legasse
11:32:11 AM
And with you 👨🍳🙏
Richard from Rocky Hill
11:42:28 AM
To follow up on your mini-robots speculation, yes! If they were navigating a forest vs. and office, they would likely "evolve" different behaviors; this could be the start of two different mini-robot "species," at least behavorially. Thanks!
Brian (host)
12:00:55 PM
Absolutely! Glad to provoke a speculative thought or two. I hope you both and everyone else out there has a great remainder of the weekend, thanks for tuning in today!