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I think we're stretching the definition of a 'mechanical neural network' when it's driven by an electrical solenoid that is is turn driven from an electronic co
by idiotsecant 4y ago
I think we're stretching the definition of a 'mechanical neural network' when it's driven by an electrical solenoid that is is turn driven from an electronic computer. This article is neat, but the title is kind of clickbait miss-the-point-but-get-the-click journalism.
- teruakohatu 4y agoI can't seem to access the paper itself to see what is really gong on, and if the solenoids could be theoretically replaced with some fancy material, but I think the correct term of the current prototype is "electro-mechanical computer": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer#Electro-mechanical_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer#Electro-me...
- sandworm101 4y agoBut this thing, the mechanical part, doesnt do any computation. It just a matrix of sensors and actuators plugged into an off-the-shelf electronic computer.
- noobermin 4y agoRight, reading the title, I was assuming the material or machine itself trained nodes based on the stresses or shears it felt itself, but it being computer controlled doesn't really seem to mean it is a "mechanical neural network" in the sense that it "learns." I mean, you could say (from my field) a deformable mirror is a "mechanical neural network" that existed decades before NN became a hot topic.