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 1. LightAng3l commented 13 years ago

so sloooooooooooooooooooooow ..... it will take them all night to find one unit :(|)
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+6 2. cannnobaL commented 13 years ago

Time is of no matter in prototypes. It's the idea that's important, it can always be improved.
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+4 3. yuriythebest commented 13 years ago

hehehe lil terminators.
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0 4. MaxXL commented 13 years ago

Nice.. I have a car that does this
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0 5. TeeZee commented 13 years ago

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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0 6. Rabanga commented 13 years ago

what was it's task? to fall over again, what a f*cking joke!
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0 7. croclacrimae commented 13 years ago

impressive indeed, i can imagine this will find some use in the future of robotics
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+2 8. BombDiggady commented 13 years ago

Heh, right after the commentator said that the robot would complete it's task, it just plops over. :D
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0 9. MrGood commented 13 years ago

Make a gun attachment, then we can use them for counter terrorism. :D :D
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0 10. huldu commented 13 years ago

That reminded me of Terminator 2 (the ending).
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-2 11. Siruss commented 13 years ago

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0 12. zapadamare commented 13 years ago

for now nobody want him :)