#evolution of robots

Robot Societies in Science and Science Fiction

The discussion and analysis of actually developing a fully functioning, self-replicating, and self-evolving robot society wouldn’t be complete without checking into science history and what the science-fiction writers have created.

What my search found was a wonderful collection of Science History and other beautiful stuff by Piero Scaruffi, a cognitive scientist.

Scaruffi’s Timelines: A Timeline…

What raw materials will the robot society most need?

There will probably come a time when our human-created robot society will become independent of us. To some degree, they are independent already, for example, when they choose investment transactions in the marketplace, and these decisions do affect us right now. But the real problem will come when they are competing for resources that overlap with our human needs. 

One resource that is a common…

What critical components must we provide for the robot society?

There must be teams of people trying to solve the problem of what critical components must we provide for the robot society to be permanently self-sustaining, but I am unaware of them. There have probably been many science fiction books written about robot societies problems with self-creation, self-maintenance, and self-evolution but I am unfamiliar with those also. If you know of any of these…