Robotics Meets Physics

What if the “brain” of a future robot were not just software running on a conventional computer, but a physical system doing the computing itself? Would demonstrating such a major technological advance require studying an equally complex physical system?

The MIND group researchers have taken a step towards this idea with an unexpectedly simple experiment: water waves in a metal tin.

By using the natural interaction and interference of the water waves, the researchers demonstrated wave-based neuromorphic computing to control a robot in real time. They then extended the same principle from water to nanoscale spin waves, pointing towards compact, solid-state AI chips for future autonomous machines.

The work also carries a broader message about scientific research itself: important scientific advances do not always need expensive or complicated experiments. Sometimes, studying a simple system in a clever and unconventional way can take us somewhere entirely new.

It is a story of robotics meeting physics, opening new possibilities for edge Physical AI.

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