William Grey Walter

1910–1977 · American-born British neuroscientist and roboticist

Topics: learning

• The mechanism of learning is of course one of the most enthralling and baffling mysteries in the field of biology.

  — William Grey Walter

• In any case there is an intense modern interest in machines that imitate life. The great difference between magic and the scientific imitation of life is that where the former is content to copy external appearance, the latter is concerned more with performance and behavior.

  — William Grey Walter

• [A]n electro-mechanical creature which behaves so much like an animal that it has been known to drive a not usually timid lady upstairs to lock herself in her bedroom, an interesting blend of magic and science.

  — William Grey Walter