Igor Mordatch , a robotics post - doctorate student at University of California , has developed a small robot , called Darwin , that can act just like a human child would . Mordatch has worked on the robot for two years with a computer system that simulates how a robot might behave in certain situations . The system is a combination of neural networks and computer algorithms which are moulded together like the structure of the human brain . Mordatch 's goal is to have Darwin walking around on his own by January . Mordatch also decided to shape Darwin like a human since we live in an environment where human - like beings thrive .
Igor Mordatch, a robotics post-doctorate student at University of California, has developed a humanoid robot, called Darwin, that can learn just like a human child would. Mordatch has worked on the robot for two years with a computer system that simulates how a robot might act in certain situations. The system is a group of neural networks and computer algorithms which are moulded together like the structure of the human brain. Mordatch's goal is to have Darwin walking around on his own by January. Mordatch also decided to shape Darwin like a human since we live in an environment where human-shaped beings thrive.