Robot self-reassembles after being kicked apart (video)

[redqueen]

http://posthumanblues.blogspot.com/2009/01/triad.html

[Warren DeMontague]

1. OH NOES! TECHMOLOGY!

Seriously, is anyone else reminded of "The Iron Giant"?

Way cool. :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

2. Yes!

It was mentioned in the blog where I found this. :)

[mike_c]

3. cool to see it implemented....

It's not conceptually difficult, and the potential applications are important, so it's good to see someone actually put it together. A grad project, I presume?

[redqueen]

6. Yes, it appears so...

More here:

http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2009/01/self-assembling-and-shape-shifting.html

[Xipe Totec]

4. Johnny-5 is Alive!

[bunnies]

5. Thats going to give me nightmares for weeks.

:spank:

[redqueen]

7. Ah no... can't you see it now?

Future wars will be like giant high-budget versions of Robot Wars! :woohoo:

[bunnies]

9. Until they turn on the humans!

:scared:

[dbonds]

8. Reminds of an episode of Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles

Where Sarah is telling Cameron (a good terminator) to go blow the head off another one. Cameron replies "He can put it back on".

[Phoonzang]

10. It's cool that they can do that but looks like we've got a long way to go in robotics.

got a long way to go in the robotics field until we get anything "sci-fi-ish".

[redqueen]

11. I was told there would be sex robots soon.

I expect that scientists are working even harder on that than the battlefield stuff.

Aren't sex robots sci-fi enough for you?

[sakabatou]

12. One step closer to Skynet

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[laconicsax]

13. How long before we have self-replicating blocks that can self-assemble into whatever form they need?

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. Or from whatever material is available.

[laconicsax]

15. If they get a hold of enough neutronium, it's all over.

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. Someone is eventually going to program a Von Neumann.

[Orsino]

17. .

[mainegreen]

18. I love when it stands up, all victorious, and promptly falls over into pieces again.

Stupid robot.

:D

[rug]

19. Amateur.