Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm

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See some prototypes of robot swarms created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.

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25 responses to “Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm”

  1. deceptekonMC Avatar
    deceptekonMC

    Reminds me of the …
    Reminds me of the book “Prey” by Michael Chrichton.

  2. mfitzp Avatar
    mfitzp

    reminds me of …
    reminds me of terminator 2

  3. miasr55 Avatar
    miasr55

    Uhhh…Just so some …
    Uhhh…Just so some know, if they were to use these in a horror movie, they would have to have a HUGE board to put the created…thing on. You cant morph something in mid-air…3-d wise anyways. If you look at the car, there is a board or screen under it. That means it probably has to stay on the screen. Plus, I was watching the show on this.

  4. paintballgundown8 Avatar
    paintballgundown8

    I could just …
    I could just imagine hours of modifying cars with these things. making whatever you want and having a 3d version of your imagination. humankind would be ultra advanced if thie imagination could be embles inforont of their faces. then the sun goes out and we all die (or develop nightvision and bioluenecence and prosper in the dark too)

  5. wizardangel Avatar
    wizardangel

    the magnetic flow – …
    the magnetic flow -electrons responding to others are the keys to understanding Everything tangable-this holds stuff together/from atoms to the universe -every form of life and substance depends on magnetic flow forces or nothing could work-including DNA == u-tube the electric universe for some basic info-Great VIDEO and thanks for posting

  6. fishnboy101 Avatar
    fishnboy101

    ya we will have …
    ya we will have tiny robots eating dead things instead.lol down wit da ants

  7. sparty007 Avatar
    sparty007

    I am sorry, but we …
    I am sorry, but we dont really like a bunch of overly detail explaination XD we can’t even understand it, or wont be bothered XD just simply ur statements XD

  8. JonMW2 Avatar
    JonMW2

    What?
    What?

  9. atimholt Avatar
    atimholt

    Dangit! people keep …
    Dangit! people keep stealing my ideas! But as they’re engineers, and I’m just a wannabe SF writer, that’s okay.

  10. rapulanaimo Avatar
    rapulanaimo

    How soon can we …
    How soon can we expect to have a T-1000?

  11. imninja45 Avatar
    imninja45

    lol were ed.. …
    lol were ed..but i’l probably die from old age by the time that actually happens ^_^

  12. balcombe426 Avatar
    balcombe426

    Cool but… AhhhhH? …
    Cool but… AhhhhH??? Can anyone else sense the sci-fi horror movie? Recreate a person? Terminator anyone? Crap! I already have nightmares of things creeping in under my door to kill me!

  13. HoloMatter Avatar
    HoloMatter

    swarm robots are …
    swarm robots are already in action in large digital file archives.they sort memory banks in a computer system using timed patterns. archive robots have to be small to fit in a computer and have to be synchronized to sort the files in a way for them to be used later. people encounter this all the time,how do you think computer rebooting is possible.archive robots sort the files into a ”library” which is a separate memory system and allows the main system to work independantly and be modified.

  14. steviemorgan1984 Avatar
    steviemorgan1984

    get a life
    get a life

  15. mikeskull2012 Avatar
    mikeskull2012

    Oh no. Who has …
    Oh no. Who has read Michael Crichton’s ‘Prey’? This is it, we’re ed.

  16. DesmondInnovation Avatar
    DesmondInnovation

    See my YouTube …
    See my YouTube channel for more on self reconfiguring technology.

  17. rowania Avatar
    rowania

    that book is heaps …
    that book is heaps sad hey

  18. yakkit Avatar
    yakkit

    seriously, this is …
    seriously, this is the way to go. Maybe make each one act as a neuron, too. So you end up with a polymorphic brain.

  19. hihosh1 Avatar
    hihosh1

    No, we don’t have a …
    No, we don’t have a soul you are right, and yet.. We ARE a soul, we HAVE a body 🙂 THe soul doesn’t really have anything to with the brain, it simply passes into our body, I believe our personality is our soul.

  20. ZeroAP00 Avatar
    ZeroAP00

    T-2000?
    T-2000?

  21. bigmacattk Avatar
    bigmacattk

    Reminds me of the …
    Reminds me of the michael crichton book “Prey” where tiny nano robots self replicate and kill people.

  22. skateboardexplained Avatar
    skateboardexplained

    That’s awesome
    That’s awesome

  23. GavnatronTarasattva Avatar
    GavnatronTarasattva

    Kudos to Sandrine …
    Kudos to Sandrine Cuerstremont!!!! You’ve brought the production up a notch. This is a really cool idea. it looks like they’ve got the first principles of this technology all worked out. I suppose it won’t be too long before the concept comes to fruition.

  24. JDs2BallsofSteel Avatar
    JDs2BallsofSteel

    it appears that its …
    it appears that its still far from being the replicators in stargate for example, id give them brainy robotic scientists round 10 more years to develop something as sofisticated as a replicator which doesnt need help and can has a fought processor implant lol

  25. luckynumber58 Avatar
    luckynumber58

    wewt robot cells
    wewt robot cells

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