AI System Designed by Northwestern Researchers Can Rapidly Generate Novel Robot Designs

Researchers at Northwestern University developed an AI system that can design and create new robots in seconds.

The AI designed a 3-legged robot with fins and holes that can walk, features a human engineer likely wouldn't think of.

The new algorithm compresses billions of years of evolution into seconds to quickly iterate and improve robot designs.

The lightweight AI system runs on a personal computer, not requiring massive datasets or supercomputers like other AI.

The researchers see it as a breakthrough for rapidly designing robots that could be used for tasks like search and rescue or medical applications.