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CREEPY SCIENCE: iRobot's ShapeShifting Robotic Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Steps
The future is now.
iRobot's soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009.
(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot's latest robot is unique on many levels. The doughy blob moves by inflating and deflating - a new technique its developers call "jamming." As the re More..
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Added: Nov 3 2009 In: technology
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Military applications are infinite with this lil' bad boy.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "ghastlyghost" (R)
I am extremely interested in navigating small female holes. Do, tell.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "Beinrich_Bimmler" (R)
screw the military applications, think about the sex toys!!
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "newbornconservative" (R)
lol
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "ghastlyghost" (R)
Bob Marley would not approve!
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "CoolQcumber" (R)
Cool!
But funny with all that funding they resort to stop animation/pencil paper for this presentation. I like it, but it's just weird.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "daleastor" (R)
gets a vote!
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "daleastor" (R)
stupid and won't work
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "pzxcr" (R)
HEY LOOK AT ME!!! GIMME ATTENTION!!! WEEEEEEEEEE.....
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "ChockFullOfNuts" (R)
its like rolling a balloon but without the (100's of millions of $ spent in research) part.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "tornado147" (R)
I think the kid at my 8th grade science fair lost with this concept and it was to a Knex robot that mixed drinks.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "futball24" (R)
I was waiting for it to turn into a Cop with a brush haircut and attitude.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "georgert" (R)
I can do that with my basketball.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "amerikansjc" (R)
Fake, air in, air out, no more, no less.
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "ohn767"
would work better than waterboarding
Posted Nov-3-2009 by "rlnbns"