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Modular Robot Reassembles Itself When Kicked Apart watch!

youtube.com — A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognize each other and reassemble when kicked apart. When physically damaged, the T-1000 is capable of reforming itself in seconds, closing up bullet holes and reattaching limbs. Ooops, sorry :) The last sentence is from a different story.

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  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -21/+194I, for one, welcome our new Modular Robot overlords
  • kh99, on 04/29/2008, -0/+122No disassemble!
  • wrillo, on 04/29/2008, -1/+111... of face planting itself into the floor
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -3/+107"After a successful self reassembly the system stands up and continues its task"...Of killing us all.
  • snagglefoof, on 04/29/2008, -0/+102I love the laughing at the end. Really lightens the mood.
  • elrac, on 04/29/2008, -0/+72People who laughed at that will be the first ones killed.
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -1/+60What is it with roboticists and their apparent obsession with kicking their creations?
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -0/+51***** regenerative zombies
  • hinmanj, on 04/29/2008, -1/+52"...the system stands up, and continues it's task" *FLOP*

    HAHAHA
  • chanop, on 04/29/2008, -2/+52ROOOOOOOOOBOT HOOOOUSE!!!!
  • ajcronk, on 04/29/2008, -2/+48Queue T1000 music.
  • WolverineBlue, on 04/29/2008, -2/+48T-1000, it can reassemble itself... feels a bit Terminator-ish. (dugg for the ending)
  • StevenJV, on 04/29/2008, -0/+43That's all the time in the world when the thing is on Mars. If it takes 2 weeks you're still saving a lot of time when you would have to start all over.

    Imagine NASA or ESA then sends new parts, new attachments to the robot on Mars, tells it to link up, boom, self-assembly for new technology or tools. Same with replacing worn on parts, etc, etc. Big implications
  • DiscoLando, on 04/29/2008, -0/+27Cheese it!
  • covertress, on 04/29/2008, -3/+28Very cool... and you have to love a roboticist who wears Vans. ;)
  • adragontattoo, on 04/29/2008, -1/+24replicators???
  • noahhoward, on 04/29/2008, -10/+33I, for one, am ready to welcome the first overlord that puts a stop to these memes.
  • loconet, on 04/29/2008, -0/+23lol I love the ending. Gravity 1 Robot 0
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -5/+27I, for one, welcome our humorless overlords.
  • DiggFellow, on 04/29/2008, -2/+24Just FYI, the feet in the film belong to John Conner... uhoh
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -0/+19impressed by the reassembly part

    confused by the "task" of falling all over the place
  • yetAnotherCroc, on 04/29/2008, -1/+20NOOOOOO!!!! We must stop this before its to late. Once the replicators get a foot hold they are impossible to stop! And we don't even have any funky force field guns to kill them with!
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -1/+20Reminds me of the Iron Giant http://youtube.com/watch?v=ytcEWAZOXnQ
  • GordonV, on 04/29/2008, -0/+18When other people kick their creations, they are unprepared and mad. Thus these scientists become Mad Scientists and create devices that are prepared for kicking.
  • thegenome, on 04/29/2008, -0/+18lol love the ending
  • TheKorn2, on 04/29/2008, -1/+18"on successful reassembly, the system stands up to continue its task"...

    ....which is apparently the task of reassembling itself after it stands up and immediately falls apart again!
  • inactive, on 04/29/2008, -0/+15to lull us into a sense of security through ineptness.
  • inigomntoya, on 04/29/2008, -0/+15Do you mean that as a verb or adjective?
  • MrCrumbles, on 04/29/2008, -1/+16You are an incredible modular robot. I was just wondering, are you by chance a *pleasure* model?
  • pe5t1lence, on 04/29/2008, -0/+14Creepy little bugger, I hate how it wriggles!
  • Witchbaby, on 04/29/2008, -1/+15NUMBER 5...IS ALIVE!!!
  • TheKorn2, on 04/29/2008, -1/+13Embedded Wii controller!
  • MWeather, on 04/29/2008, -3/+15Apparently you're confused over the concept of memes.
  • AttilaD, on 04/29/2008, -1/+13Actually, the team carefully calculated the optimal amount of time required for the heroes to think they're safe from the robot before it starts chasing them again. It's all about dramatic timing.
  • cranium, on 04/29/2008, -0/+12In that amount of time Sarah Conner left town, got her nails done, and is halfway through her second margarita.
  • SamuelHenderson, on 04/29/2008, -0/+11Ahh damn, I laughed pretty hard when that happened.

    I'm sorry for laughing at you Mr. Reassembling Robot Man, and I'd like to remind you that as a rather inconspicuous digg personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in your err... underground robot factories?
  • neotrantor, on 04/29/2008, -0/+10their just makin sure the robots still know whos boss
  • keitarofujiwara, on 04/29/2008, -0/+10umm... human?
  • i4ybrid, on 04/29/2008, -2/+11You have to be kidding..they named it the T-1000? We are so screwed!
  • Daedalus81, on 04/29/2008, -2/+11I, for one, welcome our new Modular Ro.. *CRASH* ...oh, never mind.
  • Tigerbot5, on 04/29/2008, -0/+9Let's just send them through the Supergate now and get it over with...
  • gonzo1773, on 04/29/2008, -0/+9Yes, I am in a agreement with the others. Col. O'neill would not hestitate to grab a SPAS12 and take out the whole lot of them. Besides, as least SG1 had some advanced tech available to them. What have we got? A dude kicking them? Not good for us.
  • wejmahtin, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8Sometimes I feel that way too.
  • billysmusic, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8I was surprised this was the only mention of replicators. Not many Stargate SG-1 fans?
  • zunipus, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8The trouble begins, of course, when a robot is able to create more of itself from available raw materials. This is already a fear in nanotechnology where theoretically nanobots could reduce the planet to a mass of nanobot goo. With larger machines we could end up with any of the sci fi scenarios of robots either becoming a new life form. But we still have to create artificial intelligence before we need be afraid of them taking over. We are VERY far away from any real AI. All we have these days is severely retarded AI simulation.
  • johnflan, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle!
  • mds40, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8only a high velocity projectile weapon can destroy them.
  • blast_flame, on 04/29/2008, -0/+7Just don't tell them to "go fourth and replicate" and we'll be fine.
  • lalonauta, on 04/29/2008, -0/+7The enemy's gate is down.
  • doc125, on 04/29/2008, -0/+7its made by apple
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