- Title: Robot dog learns, adapts like humans, Swedish AI startup IntuiCell says
- Date: 19th March 2025
- Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (MARCH 18, 2025)(REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE)(English) INTUICELL CEO, VIKTOR LUTHMAN, SAYING: "If you want to send a robot to Mars to build habitats for future generations, you can't do it with pre-trained models. It's impossible to train them on everything that might happen while they're there. They need to be able to figure things out and to experiment in that
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- Keywords: AI Intuicell Lund University Viktor Luthman artificial intelligence robot robot dog
- Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / AALBORG, DENMARK
- City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / AALBORG, DENMARK
- Country: Sweden
- Topics: Europe,Science
- Reuters ID: LVA007968318032025RP1
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- Story Text: A Swedish AI startup company has created a robot dog named Luna that has a functional digital nervous system capable of learning and adapting like humans and many animals, the company, IntuiCell, said on Wednesday (March 19).
In one of the first-use cases of physical agentic AI, which can make decisions and take actions towards specific goals rather than just perform narrow tasks or generate content, the robot dog would be able to learn like a real dog.
IntuiCell will hire a dog trainer - instead of integrating a generative AI model and vast datasets - to teach Luna to walk, based on how neurons interact and process information, it said.
"What we have built is the first software that allows any machine to learn like humans and animals do," CEO and co-founder Viktor Luthman said in an interview.
"There's no pre training, no offline simulations and no billion-dollar data center in the background, but there's a nervous system that allows the machine to learn."
Luthman said the next step is exploring human-like robots in unpredictable environments such as space exploration, deep sea exploration, or disaster response.
One possible use case could involve sending intelligent machines, like Luna, to Mars to build habitats for future generations. In such an environment, where pre-training is impossible, the machines would need to solve new problems as they arise.
"They need to be able to figure things out and to experiment in that environment. So this is the technology that will allow any agent to do such exploration," Luthman said.
While Luna can currently stand up on its feet, the robot dog would perceive, process and improve through direct interactions with the world.
Formed as a spin-out from Lund University in Sweden in 2020, IntuiCell is funded by Sweden's Navigare Ventures, Norway's SNÖ Ventures and the European Union.
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