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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 02:53 PM
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Robot self-reassembles after being kicked apart (video)
http://posthumanblues.blogspot.com/2009/01/triad.html
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 02:58 PM
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1. OH NOES! TECHMOLOGY!
Seriously, is anyone else reminded of "The Iron Giant"?

Way cool. :thumbsup:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 02:59 PM
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2. Yes!
It was mentioned in the blog where I found this. :)
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:00 PM
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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?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:08 PM
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6. Yes, it appears so...
More here:

http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2009/01/self-assembling-and-shape-shifting.html
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:00 PM
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4. Johnny-5 is Alive!
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:01 PM
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5. Thats going to give me nightmares for weeks.
:spank:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:10 PM
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7. Ah no... can't you see it now?
Future wars will be like giant high-budget versions of Robot Wars! :woohoo:
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:37 PM
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9. Until they turn on the humans!
:scared:
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:23 PM
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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".
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:48 PM
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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".
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 03:51 PM
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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?
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:13 PM
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12. One step closer to Skynet
Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 04:15 PM by sakabatou
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 05:36 PM
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13. How long before we have self-replicating blocks that can self-assemble into whatever form they need?
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:16 PM
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14. Or from whatever material is available.
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:39 PM
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15. If they get a hold of enough neutronium, it's all over.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:52 PM
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16. Someone is eventually going to program a Von Neumann.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 06:27 PM
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17. .
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 10:07 PM
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18. I love when it stands up, all victorious, and promptly falls over into pieces again.
Stupid robot.

:D
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 08:59 PM
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19. Amateur.
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