Robots can design and build each other, and co-operate like ants. John Whitfield doesn't know whether to applaud or worry.
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Whitfield, J. Design for living. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000831-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000831-8