The robots, they are singing to each other now

Posted by on November 3rd, 2008 in robots

Want to know WTF is going on here?

One robot starts by babbling a random sequence of about six notes. When the second robot hears this, it responds with a babble of its own. The first robot then compares the two strings of notes. If it deems them to be similar, it nods. The second robot detects this and “memorises” the settings that created the sequence. If the noises are dissimilar, the first robot shakes its head, causing its partner to discard, or “forget”, that sequence.

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6 Responses to “The robots, they are singing to each other now”

  1. Bury and Disinter? How musical!

  2. remember that scene..in Close Encounters..when our huge honking computers began chatting with the alien mothership in tones and dancing lights?

    well…theeeyyy’reeeeee heeerrrreeeeee.

  3. @groonk – oh noes!

  4. hahaha its the robot equivalent of the yip yip aliens from sesame street!

  5. Maybe they can sing to each other as they hunt us down!

  6. @Kevin – oh they totally will.. and use it as sonar too!