Robot that reassembles itself when kicked apart

This (pretty slow) robot, developed at the University of Pennsylvania, is made of modules that can recognize each other.

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1 Posted 570 days ago by LightAng3l

so sloooooooooooooooooooooow ..... it will take them all night to find one unit :(|)

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2 Posted 570 days ago by cannnobaL

Time is of no matter in prototypes. It's the idea that's important, it can always be improved.

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3 Posted 570 days ago by yuriythebest

hehehe lil terminators.

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4 Posted 569 days ago by MaxXL

Nice.. I have a car that does this

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5 Posted 569 days ago by TeeZee

I'm very impressed at their ability to create a robot that can do this.

Somewhat disappointed in the fact they can't aim a camera.

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6 Posted 569 days ago by Rabanga

what was it's task? to fall over again, what a f*cking joke!

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7 Posted 569 days ago by croclacrimae

impressive indeed, i can imagine this will find some use in the future of robotics

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8 Posted 569 days ago by BombDiggady (moderator)

Heh, right after the commentator said that the robot would complete it's task, it just plops over. :D

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9 Posted 569 days ago by MrGood

Make a gun attachment, then we can use them for counter terrorism. :D :D

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10 Posted 568 days ago by huldu

That reminded me of Terminator 2 (the ending).

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12 Posted 565 days ago by zapadamare

for now nobody want him :)