U.K. scientist Steve Grand has modernize ‘ Lucy , ’ a five - CPU robot that can — on a good Clarence Shepard Day Jr. — distinguish between an apple and a banana . While that may not voice like an amazing feat , bear in mind that rather using software system cutoff , Lucy ’s ‘ 50,000 neuron ’ brain used test and error to develop the science necessary to differentiate the shapes . Grand is currently out pressing the flesh in backup of his new book , “ get Up with Lucy : How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps . ” Grand designed Lucy to look like an orangutan because “ you [ can ] conceive of how scary it would be if she depend like a human baby . ”
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