These robots are from Cornell University circa 2005. The idea is that they can replicate themselves in a contained lab environment. Each bot is made of several "molecubes"; each articulated and fitted with electromagnets to aide in assembly. Watch the video and you will soon realize that the robot is building a copy of itself out of further molecubes. The under-construction bot will even assist in the construction of itself.
via Cornell News.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Robot Replication Iminent
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Initial scans are extremely promising. This reminds me of the behavior of complex molecules building compounds. They are also just programmed to do that. The name "molecubes" is very clever.
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