iRobot’s Soft Morphing Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps

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. Read more robot news at http://spectrum.ieee.org

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25 responses to “iRobot’s Soft Morphing Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps”

  1. argecs Avatar
    argecs

    ????????????????? …
    ?????????????????????????

  2. 1directdrivedigital Avatar
    1directdrivedigital

    nice!
    nice!

  3. Phatency Avatar
    Phatency

    And yet you’re …
    And yet you’re getting the downvotes. That’s youtube for you. Here, have an upvote.

  4. corndog1868 Avatar
    corndog1868

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  5. danielccolon Avatar
    danielccolon

    freaky. anyone …
    freaky. anyone remember the stretch armstrong that came with the vaccum pump?

  6. TBucker Avatar
    TBucker

    Stretch armstrong!
    Stretch armstrong!

  7. mypage14 Avatar
    mypage14

    Check out my …
    Check out my channel for a great, free site!

  8. Tigersmind87 Avatar
    Tigersmind87

    I’m not impressed. …
    I’m not impressed.

    I bet they spent a lot of money redesigning the ball. : /

  9. IAR440 Avatar
    IAR440

    not bad keep up the …
    not bad keep up the science

  10. loscakes Avatar
    loscakes

    Apparently nothing …
    Apparently nothing moves the blob because the blob moves itself.

  11. oshea90220 Avatar
    oshea90220

    cool
    cool

  12. AndthentherewasJason Avatar
    AndthentherewasJason

    yes
    yes

  13. YourPrivateArea Avatar
    YourPrivateArea

    i once jammed my …
    i once jammed my toe on a robot. does that count?

  14. RyanInSD Avatar
    RyanInSD

    this may have some …
    this may have some serious unforseen applications, i just thought of one but dont know if its feasable yet.

  15. VirtualBilly Avatar
    VirtualBilly

    fake
    fake

  16. Anysystemhacker2012 Avatar
    Anysystemhacker2012

    thats some crazy …
    thats some crazy shet.

  17. RyanInSD Avatar
    RyanInSD

    amazing technology
    amazing technology

  18. ropewalkingelephant Avatar
    ropewalkingelephant

    lol @ spelling
    lol @ spelling

  19. natylowz Avatar
    natylowz

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    fjkhkhkg

  20. Redlightning7 Avatar
    Redlightning7

    WOW.
    You butchered …

    WOW.
    You butchered the English language to the point of being unrecognizable.

  21. sniper333x Avatar
    sniper333x

    thats pretty cool
    thats pretty cool

  22. TylorT11 Avatar
    TylorT11

    i wounder if they …
    i wounder if they can use this tecnologie to build artifishal harts

  23. UntamedSin Avatar
    UntamedSin

    This is insane! It …
    This is insane! It is amazing what we are capable of doing now!

  24. DrTimeCop Avatar
    DrTimeCop

    Oh, awesome.
    Oh, awesome.

  25. EmceeGlitch Avatar
    EmceeGlitch

    Pure genius.
    Pure genius.

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