May I be the first to welcome our self-assembling robotic overlords.
Self-assembling robot inches towards WORLD DOMINATION
A presentation at this week's IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Germany showed off a self-assembling printed robot. As the video below shows, the printed robot can self-assemble using the “shape memory” characteristics of the polymers in its construction. The result is something that starts flat and …
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Wednesday 8th May 2013 07:40 GMT Blofeld's Cat
Early days yet...
"... with just a little human intervention to add the battery and motor ..."
Not forgetting a little human intervention to position the folding strips, attach power supplies sequentially, turn it over...
It's certainly an interesting way of assembling things, and I know it's a prototype, but to call it a self-assembling robot is a bit like saying our local motor parts shop sells self-assembling vehicles.