Self-Replicating Repairing Robots

[Retardo]

not sure if this is the right section...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzVtTiax80&feature=Discussed&page=1&t=t&f=b

 

[cyks]

meh...

 

[boredguyatcomp]

thats quite cool, i hope they start selling that sometime.

 

[EquaLiZr]

nanites?

 

[PliotronX]

nanites?

For some reason, I read that as "nanties" and thought of some kind of new ultra tiny thong.

 

[MYSTic Jedi]

now thats pretty cool, "self-replicating"...................awsome.

 

[jpmkm]

I really don't see how those are self replicating. Self replicating implies that they can create "offspring" identical to themselves, which I don't see happening in the video. There is no replication whatsoever. They can attach to self-similar pieces if those pieces are given to them, but they can't produce those pieces themselves.

I must say, though, that video is damn fucking cool.

 

[defakto]

Definately interesting, at least it's a good first step. It's pretty obvious it would need parts supplied for it to actually replicate. It also doesn't look like it has a lot of freedom of mobility. Parts had to be put at specific levels and it had to attach to specific points on the floor. This could easily just be a script like they have it now. I'd be more interested in the details of how it learns where a block is located or if it can even find one on it's own.

 

[Whatsisname]

meh i'm not all that impressed.

 

[darktiger]

Cool if they did that to transformers. Or make cars that turn into robots

 

[Talonz]

I for one welcome our new self-replicating overlords.

 

[lovemyPC]

do nanites dream of electronic sheep?

 

[Retardo]

Cool if they did that to transformers. Or make cars that turn into robots

that would be cool.

 

[CyberCecil]

do nanites dream of electronic sheep?

Yes. But they are very, very tiny ones.