Press
Some of our work gets covered by the popular media—in press, radio, television and internet news sites. Some excerpts are listed below. These sources change rapidly, so a cached version is also included where possible.
2009
- RapidToday: STL 2.0 May Replace Old, Limited File Format, October 30, 2009 [pdf]
- Q2C Festival Waterloo, Canada, October 22: The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution [vid]
- Q2C Festival, Waterloo, Canada, October 21: Science in the Pub: So We're All Gonna Be Robots Now? [mp3]
- Radio TICAL: Making Machines that Can Learn, Podcast Interview with Hod Lipson by Michael Simkins [mp3]
- TEDBlog: World Science Festival 2009 report: Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon by Matthew Trost [pdf]
- EyeOnTechnology: Cornell Professor Creates Auto-Learning Entities by CG Masi [pdf]
- Galactica Sitrep: Evolutionary Robotics and Battlestar Galactica: an Interview with Hod Lipson by Sam J. Miller [pdf]
- Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report: The Awakening of the Artificial Mind, May 2009 [pdf]
Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data (Science 324, 2009):
- Wired Magazine: Computer Program Discovers Laws of Physics by Brandon Keim [pdf]
- New York Times: Hal, Call Your Office: Computers That Act Like Physicists by Kenneth Chang [pdf]
- The Cornell Chronicle: Move over, Newton: Scientifically ignorant computer derives natural laws from raw data by Bill Steele [pdf]
- Nature News: Physics by numbers by Philip Ball [pdf]
- ScienceDaily: Being Isaac Newton: Computer Derives Natural Laws From Raw Data by Bill Steele [pdf]
- Physics World: Algorithm discovers physical laws by Edwin Cartlidge [pdf]
- NSF: Maybe Robots Dream of Electric Sheep, But Can They Do Science? by Joshua Chamot [pdf]
- NSF: Teleconference with Cornell University professor Hod Lipson, doctoral student Michael Schmidt and reporters [mp3]
- The Telegraph: Robot discovers laws of Newton in hours by G.S. Mudur [pdf]
- Reuters: Robot scientists can think for themselves by Ben Hirschler [pdf]
- PhysOrg: Researchers Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply? by PhysOrg.com [pdf]
- ScienceNOW: Robotic Scientists Make First Discoveries by Constance Holden [pdf]
- USA Today: Robots act as scientists without assistants by Dan Vergano [pdf]
- Digg Frontpage: Being Isaac Newton: Computer derives natural laws from data submitted by lekahe [pdf]
- Dail News & Analysis: In a first, machines crack science puzzles by Sci/Tech [pdf]
- Dziennik (Poland): Roboty potrafią myśleć jak uczeni by Magdalena Salik [pdf] [translated]
- GearLog: Scientists Develop Thinking Robot posted by Jamie Lendino [pdf]
- The Independent: Robot scientists 'can think for themselves' by Reuters [pdf]
- Red Orbit: Robot Scientists Mark Advancement For Artificial Intelligence by redOrbit staff [pdf]
- Nature Blog: Rise of the machines - April 03, 2009 by Daniel Cressey [pdf]
- ITextreme (Hungary): Az első robot kutató, mely új tudományos felfedezést tett by MaxRay [pdf] [translated]
- aeiou (Portugal): "Adão" é um robô e faz experiências científicas by Life [pdf] [translated]
- Publico (Portugal): Investigadores dizem ter criado máquinas capazes de formular teorias científicas by Reuters [pdf] [translated]
- Le Scienze (Italy): Adam e Co.: i primi robot che fanno ricerca by Eng & Tech [pdf] [translated]
- Novosti (Russia): Robots investigadores realizan primeros descubrimientos by Latest News [pdf] [translated]
- Techno-Science (France): Des robots peuvent-ils raisonner comme des scientifiques? by News [pdf] [translated]
- Abril (Brazil): Robôs cientistas conseguem pensar sozinhos by Ben Hirschler [pdf] [translated]
- MyTech (Italy): Scienza, creati robot scienziati che ragionano da soli by Ben Hirschler [pdf] [translated]
- 生物通 (Hong Kong): 本期《自然》《科学》精选 by Biology pass [pdf] [translated]
- El Mundo (Spain): Adán y Eva, los nuevos científicos robóticos by Rosa Tristan [pdf] [translated]
- The Gazette: Watch out scientists, a robot may replace you by Ben Hirschler [pdf]
- RTVE (Spain): El próximo Newton podría ser un robot by News [pdf] [translated]
- RIAN (Russia): Ученые роботы совершили первые открытия by Science & Tech [pdf] [translated]
- Estadao (Brazil): Cientistas criam robôs que fazem descobertas científicas by Reuters [pdf] [translated]
- Que.es (Spain): Adán y Eva, los primeros 'robots' científicos by Tech news [pdf] [translated]
- Diario (Portugal): Criado robô que faz descobertas científicas by Tech [pdf] [translated]
- Softpedia: Algorithm Draws Scientific Laws from Experiment Data by Tudor Vieru [pdf]
- Spiegel (Germany): Computer entdeckt selbständig Naturgesetze by People & Tech [pdf] [translated]
- Heise (Germany): Adam entdeckt Naturgesetze. Adam ist ein Programm. by News [pdf] [translated]
- HardOCP: Computer Program Deduces Laws of Physics by Terry [pdf]
- Programmazione (Italy): Leggi di natura scoperte con il computer by Paolo Raviola [pdf] [translated]
- Krone (Austria): Software erkennt Naturgesetze by Hardware & Software [pdf] [translated]
- Inovacao Tecnologica (Brazil): Robô Cientista 2: novo robô poderá descobrir leis fundamentais da física by Robotica [pdf] [translated]
- Examiner: Program self-discovers laws of physics without knowledge of them by Harold Nolte [pdf]
- The Guardian: 'Eureka machine' puts scientists in the shade by working out laws of nature by Ian Sample [pdf]
- Cornell Daily Sun: What's Next? Super Computers and teh Future of Journalism by Cody Gault [pdf]
- The Inquirer: Meet the scientists behind the robo-scientists by Wendy Grossman [pdf]
- Correio de Manha (Portugal): Robôs realizam experiências by Technology News [pdf] [translated]
- Interia (Poland): Komputer zamiast naukowca by Mariusz Blonski [pdf] [translated]
- Watertown Daily Times: Robots in science by News [pdf]
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland): Maszyna odkrywa prawa natury by Heise Online [pdf] [translated]
- Tendencias Informáticas (Spain): Desarrollan una aplicación informática capaz de explicar leyes físicas naturales by Pablo Javier Piacente [pdf] [translated]
- Punto Informatico (Italy): HAL 9000 ha il camice bianco by Alfonso Maruccia [pdf] [translated]
- TVNZ (New Zeland): Smart robots may replace scientists by Reuters [pdf]
- Heise Online (Germany): Software entdeckt Naturgesetze by News [pdf] [translated]
- NyTeknik (Sweden): Vetenskapsmän får konkurrens av robotar by Anders Wallerius [pdf] [translated]
- Die Presse (Germany): Prof. Dr. Roboter analysiert vollautomatisch by Jurgen Langenbach [pdf]
- Science Podcast, AAAS: Science Podcast: Automating Science [mp3]
- The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Computers That Do Science [mp3]
- Next Big Future: AI and Robotic Breakthroughs that Multiply Scientific Research Productivity by BW [pdf]
- Dallas News: Computers to replace drivers, cashiers and... physicists? by Andrew Smith [pdf]
- Sci-Tech Today: Scientists Develop Robots To Be Scientists by Dan Vergano [pdf]
- 科学时报 (China): 美科学家设计出能自行推算物理定律的程序 by Wei Ke [pdf] [translated]
- Neues Deutschland (Germany): Physik aus der Maschine by Von Martin Koch [pdf] [translated]
- WiredVision (Japan): 「物理法則を自力で発見」した人工知能 by Brandon Keim [pdf] [translated]
- Barra Punto (Spain): Un algoritmo capaz de descubrir leyes científicas by JoSek [pdf] [translated]
- Seed Magazine: Why We're Not Obsolete by Alex Pang [pdf]
- Ha'aretz (Isreal): The Oracle of Natural Laws, April 8, 2009 [scan]
- El Comercio (Ecuador): El conocimiento de la Física mejora con un 'software', May 6, 2009 [scan] [pdf] [translated]
- Infzm (China): 太聪明的机器人 by 黄永明 [pdf] [translated]
- La Recherche (France): Un algorithm pour decouvrir des lois de la nature by Benoit Rittaud [scan]
- The Register: Boffins invent automatic net-hookup robofinry machines by Lewis Page [pdf]
- La Vanguardia (Spain): Científicos británicos cran un "robot científico" Internet & Technology [pdf] [translated]
- El Globo (Brazil): Robôs cientistas conseguem pensar sozinhos by Ben Hirschler [pdf] [translated]
- Cornell MAE: Lipson and Schmidt create "Robotic Scientist", discovers scientific laws Monday, April 06, 2009 [pdf]
- ASEE: NSF Awardees Use Algorithm to Explain Scientific Laws by Jessica Sabo [pdf]
- Science Backstage (Italy): Alla scoperta delle leggi della fisica by Gianluigi Filippelli [pdf] [translated]
2008
- Discovery Channel: "NextWorld - Extreme Tomorrow", Dec. 2008
- Flap like a butterfly, hover like a bumblebee: Student's flapping wing vehicle is more stable than a helicopter, by Bill Steele, Dec. 10, 2008 (cached)
- The Scientist: Hod Lipson, by Sean O'Brien, Nov. 19, 2008 (cached)
- Fabbing a Goo Goo, Technology and Learning Magazine, Michael Simkins, March, 2008
2007
- Wall Street Journal Online coverage of Fab@Home, November 30, 2007, 14MB .mp4
- AT&T Tech Channel Video on Fab@Home, recorded August 21, 2007; released November 5, 2007
- Austrian Radio ORF (German Language) - Audio interview of Hod Lipson and Evan Malone about Fab@Home by Wolfgang Ritschl, July 23, 2007
- NewScientist - Video interview of Evan Malone about Fab@Home by reporter Tom Simonite, June 18, 2007
- Mechanical Engineering, v129, no6, p47, June 2007 - brief mention of Fab@Home
- Popular Science article on Fab@Home, May 2007
- The New York Times mention of Fab@Home, April 5, 2007
- The Guardian mention of Fab@Home, UK newspaper, March 29, 2007
- The Cornell University Daily Sun article on Fab@Home, March 7, 2007
- Science Daily article on Fab@Home, February 26, 2007
- The Cornell Chronicle newspaper article on Fab@Home, Cornell University, February 26, 2007
- Newsweek International Print edition mention of Fab@Home, February 5, 2007
- Newsweek International Web edition mention of Fab@Home, February 5, 2007
- Newsweek Russia article on Fab@Home, January 22, 2007
- Technovelgy.com posting on Fab@Home, January 11, 2007
- Wired Magazine's Beyond the Beyond Blog posting on Fab@Home, January 11, 2007
- New Scientist Magazine's NewScientistTech.com technology magazine article on Fab@Home, January 9, 2007
- Slashdot technology blog posting on Fab@Home, January 9, 2007
2006
- Hackaday technology hacker blog posting on Fab@Home, December 8, 2006
- YouTube posting of video on Fab@Home
- Science AAAS - New Robot Shrugs Off Injury By Corinna Wu (cached)
- News@Nature - Injured robots learn to limp Heidi Ledford (cached)
- Slashdot - New Robot Can Sense Damage, Compensate Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday 11/17, @03:12AM (cached)
- Science News Online - Unstoppable Bot: Armed with self-scrutiny, a mangled robot moves on Peter Weiss (cached)
- Discovery Channel - 'Starfish' Robot Recovers From Injury Tracy Staedter, Discovery News (cached)
- New Scientist - Thoughtful robot adapts to injury Celeste Biever (cached)
- National Geographic - Photo in the News: Robot Senses Damage, Learns to Walk Again Aalok Mehta (cached)
- Scientific American - Resilient Robot Hobbles Along, Even if Injured Nikhil Swaminathan (cached)
- MIT Technology Review - Robotic Recovery By Duncan Graham-Rowe (cached)
- Reuters - Robot, heal thyself -- welcome to the future By Will Dunham (cached)
- MSNBC - Experiments could lead to self-repairing, even ‘conscious’ machines By Sara Goudarzi (cached)
- Cornell University News Service - Cornell robot discovers itself and adapts to injury when it loses one of its limbs by Bill Steele (cached)
- Information Week - Robot, Heal Thyself By Sharon Gaudin (cached)
- EurekAlert! AAAS - Robot, heal thyself Science Magazine (cached)
- The Washington Times - New Robot Can Sense Damage, Compensate by Randolph E. Schmid (cached)
- Physorg.com - Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury (cached)
- USA Today - New robot can sense damage and compensate (cached)
- Membrana (Russia) - Морская звезда-робот учится ходить и хромать (cached)
- C|NET - How a robot learns to walk - and limp (cached)
- The University of Vermont News Service - 'Science' Features Professor's Resilient Robot University Communications Staff (cached)
- TechNewsWorld - Self-Aware Robot Can Adapt To Environment By Jay Lyman (cached)
- SpaceDaily - A Robot Invention With A Leg To Stand On By Staff Writers (cached)
- Cosmos (Australia) - Resilient robot adapts to environment Marie Theresa Bray (cached)
- Technovelgy.com - Starfish Robot Shows Robotic Introspection And Self-Modeling by Bill Christensen (cached)
- Science Update - Scientists are developing robots that can recognize and compensate for injuries. Bob Hirshon (cached)
- Virtual Chaos Blog - Robot Introspection: Self Modeling. Nadeem Shabir (cached)
- Инфокиборг (Russia) - Разработан робот, обладающий самосознанием (cached)
- Sciences et Avenir (France) - Un robot que rien n’arrête (cached)
2005
- Discovery Channel - Robot Replicates Itself By Tracy Staedter, Discovery News (cached)
- National Geographic - New Robot Reproduces on Its Own James Owen for NG News (cached)
- BBC News - US robot builds copies of itself By Roland Pease, BBC science correspondent (cached)
- Science News - In Its Own Image: Simple robot replicates itself block by block Peter Weiss (cached)
- CNN News - They're here: Reproducing robots (cached)
- News@Nature - Robots master reproduction Andreas von Bubnoff (cached)
- Wired News - Go Forth and Multiply, Little Bot By Stephen Leahy (cached)
- NPR - Birds Do It, Bees Do It… Now Robots Do, Too by (cached)
- NPR Science Friday - Self-Replicating Robots / Science of Sexual Abuse segment produced by Annette Heist and Todd Neale (cached)
- Slashdot - Self-Replicating Robots Posted by samzenpus on Wed May 11, '05 07:37 PM (cached)
- Make Magazine - Self-replicating Robots (video) by Phillip Torrone (cached)
- Cornell University News Service - Simple but seminal: Cornell researchers build a robot that can reproduce by Bill Steele (cached)
- Telegraph.co.uk - How to breed robots (cached)
- The Register - Cornell Uni develops apocalypse cube By Lester Haines (cached)
- Technology Research News - Machine reproduces itself By Eric Smalley, Technology Research News (cached)
- University of Texas Dallas News Service - Cornell Researchers Build Reproducing Robot (cached)
- Innovations Report (Germany) - Cornell researchers build a robot that can reproduce (cached)
- Physorg.com - Researchers build a robot that can reproduce (cached)
- The Belfast Telegraph Digital - Stuff of sci-fi nightmares? Army of robots reproduce By Steve Connor (cached)
- ScienCentral News - Reproducing Robots by Lindsay Carswell (cached)
- Technovelgy.com - Self-Replicating Modular Robots by Bill Christensen (cached)
- SpaceDaily - Self-Reproducing Robots Set To Push Boundaries Of Space (cached)
- Deccan Herald - Robots can multiply like rabbits? Kenneth Chang New York Times News Service (cached)
2004
- Microsoft Research - Nine-legged Robots by Suzanne Ross (cached)
2000
- Scientific American: Dawn of a New Species? (cached)
- TIME Magazine: A Robot Out of Cyberspace (cached)
- US News - Out of the digital ooze, robotic life (cached)
- Los Angeles Times - One Giant Leap for Machinekind? (Front Page) (cached)
- New York Times - Scientists report they have made robot that makes its own robots (Front Page, Next page)
- Washington Post - System Creates 'Robotic Life'--Automatically (Front page) (cached)
- The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed): When Robots Act Like Rabbits "- All bets are off"
- New Scientist - A droid for all seasons (cached)
- Le Monde - Les roboticiens invitent Darwin dans leurs laboratoires (French) (cached)
- Der Spiegel - Roboter entwickeln Roboter (German) (cached)
- The Sunday Times - The creation of cyberlife (cached)
- NBC - A revolution in robotic evolution (cached)
- BBC - Robot learns to reproduce (cached)
- Scientific American Frontiers - Robot Independence, December 19, 2000 (cashed synopsis)
- NPR - National Public Radio "All Things Considered"
- WBUR - "Here and Now"
(At minute 13)
- El Mundo - Crean un robot capaz de diseñar y fabricar otros y hacerlos reproducirse y evolucionar (Spanish) (cached)
- El Pais - Papa Robot (Spanish)
- Le Monde - Du sens de l'adaptation chez le robot (French) (cached)
- IEEE Spectrum - Robots give birth at university lab (cached)
- TIME Magazine - Robots: Will They Love Us? Will We Love Them? (cached)
- NRS Handelsbald - Computer ontwikkelt zelf robots (Dutch) (Front Page)
- Science News -Robots making robots, with some help (cached abstract)
- National review - The Monster from Waltham (cached)
- Muy Interesante - Mama robot tendra un bebe (spanish) (hi-res)
- Technology Review - The Technology Review Ten: Robot Design (cached)
- Discovery Channel (to appear)
- National Geographic (to appear)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Evolution of the shape-shifters (cached)
- Discovery - Robots Self-Replicate, Team Up (cached)
- German Public Radio - Familienbande bald auch unter Robotern (cached)
- ABC - Computer Automatically Designs, Manufactures Robots (cached)
- RTL - Golem-Projekt: Evolution in Sekundenschnelle (cached)
- Slashdot - Interview with Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling (cached)
- Slashdot - Co-evolving robots at Brandeis (cached)
- NASA - Cool robot of the week (cached)
- Canoe - Computer makes robot offspring (cached)
- Brandeis - Science Catches up to Science Fiction (cached)
- Brandeis University home page (cached)
- Yahoo - Robotic System Can Design, Make Other Robots-Study (cached)
- Yahoo - Picks of the week (cached)
- Technika - Robot z plasteliny (Polish) (cached)
- e2i - Roboter baut sich selbst (German) (cached)
- Heise Online - Evolution der Maschinen (German) (cached)
- http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/lis/8644/1.html (German) (cached)
- Grenzwissen News - Polymorphischer Roboter entwickelt (German) (cached)
- Electronica-ITV - El robot polimórfico (Spanish) (cached)
- Rheintal Online - Virtueller Golem (German) (cached)
- Lesechos - Le projet Golem (French) (cached)
- Origo - Terminator 2 - a jövo ezerarcú robotjai (Hungarian) (cached)
- Transfert - Le robot caméléon (French) (cached)
- Slate - Motion Sickness (cached)
