RSSThis news story shows an amazing robot that is capable of "self-assembly" into a larger bot in order to conduct tasks that are too dangerous for humans. Think "Voltron" meets wind-up toy size bots that together make something pretty remarkable.
Self-assembling robots will rescue survivors from disasters
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Aug 27, 2008 04:00 AM
Robotics, Science |
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I had expected to see them doing something.
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I love how he says "no risk at all" about these things one day taking over. How about a virus that reprograms them to do something they weren't intended to do?
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aw look its a baby terminator
its all cute and fun till they get pissed off at humens ( i want my hardware upgrade or the mayor gets it!!!)
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