neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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Traditional robot policies are often built as task-specific neural networks that require separate perception, planning, and control modules.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
That is where neural networks are now taking us.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The team at the European Space Agency developed a neural network called AnomalyMatch, which analyzes patterns in images and detects unusual objects, according to NASA.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Whitelam cautions that thermodynamic computers are currently rudimentary when compared with digital neural networks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
That is where neural networks are now taking us.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The team at the European Space Agency developed a neural network called AnomalyMatch, which analyzes patterns in images and detects unusual objects, according to NASA.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Whitelam cautions that thermodynamic computers are currently rudimentary when compared with digital neural networks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2026
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