Robots and AI will digitize around 70 million UK museum specimens, from insects and pressed plants to fossils and rocks, cutting work once estimated at centuries to about a decade. The open database should help researchers track species decline, climate impacts and changes in food and pest systems.
(c) Rafael Minguet Delgado

Le Royaume-Uni va numériser 70 millions de spécimens

BBC

Des robots et l’IA vont numériser environ 70 millions de spécimens conservés au Royaume-Uni, des insectes aux plantes pressées, fossiles et roches. Ce travail, autrefois estimé à plusieurs siècles, pourrait être réalisé en dix ans et mieux documenter climat, espèces et ravageurs.

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