swarm-bots pulling a child

A swarm of s-bot miniature mobile robots pulling a child in swarm-bot formation. More on http://mobots.epfl.ch

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25 responses to “swarm-bots pulling a child”

  1. BMOPwnsTD Avatar
    BMOPwnsTD

    What if there was …
    What if there was broken glass.

  2. francescomondada Avatar
    francescomondada

    I think on the …
    I think on the contrary that we should look carefully to those issues. It’s important to think about these and similar issues.

  3. OpheliaImmortal Avatar
    OpheliaImmortal

    It was a joke, …
    It was a joke, Professor Scientist.

  4. P313N1S Avatar
    P313N1S

    WTF I was expecting …
    WTF I was expecting this to be tiny robots swarming around a real screaming kid…

  5. DarkSciences Avatar
    DarkSciences

    There’s more scary …
    There’s more scary stuff like this on our site, come by if you’re interested…

  6. TimidKitten Avatar
    TimidKitten

    That little girl …
    That little girl looked really nervous

  7. Keleus Avatar
    Keleus

    yes blackiv they …
    yes blackiv they could be used to save people but the movie Irobot made a good point, How would the robot know which to save, A man who can save himself/will die soon after being saved, or a child who has no chance of saving themself and has a high chance of surviving.

  8. GoodladProductions Avatar
    GoodladProductions

    We are The Swarm, …
    We are The Swarm, resistance is futile, you will come with us….

  9. rofljao Avatar
    rofljao

    It would be a …
    It would be a mistake because the swarm bots will take over the planned. Haven’t you seen the prophecy? It’s called Matrix.

  10. thedarkharlequin Avatar
    thedarkharlequin

    *squeeky voice*”WE …
    *squeeky voice*”WE HAVE HER, WE HAVE HER! The human overlords will know our power now.”
    *dumb voice*”But what if she tries to get away”
    *contemptuous french accent*”She iz jest a hhcuman prrrototyp. She iz, NO match for us as a teamn!”
    *Orwellian voice*”We start with one, but one becomes two, and soon we’ll hold a whole daycare of these beta model humans”

  11. francescomondada Avatar
    francescomondada

    Would be nice to …
    Would be nice to know why it would be a mistake. This is the reason we try…

  12. cooperking Avatar
    cooperking

    in later years …
    in later years scientists will look back on the early 21st century and think “in retrospect our mistake was combining the swarming technology with the robot technology”

  13. cyborgtroy Avatar
    cyborgtroy

    Dragged offscreen, …
    Dragged offscreen, never to be seen again.

  14. shamajama Avatar
    shamajama

    OMG THAT LOOKS LIKE …
    OMG THAT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!!!! Lol (robo-pikmin)

  15. skootrd Avatar
    skootrd

    this would be a …
    this would be a great tool for pulling a kid

  16. blackiV Avatar
    blackiV

    wtf OO i think it …
    wtf OO i think it could be more then “Ultimate parental control devices” !!!
    i think about saving lifes !! maybe one day the firefighters send swarmbots into a burning house to pull the people out of there .. i think it´s pretty cool 🙂 .. like the idea .. could you think about an other usefull idea ?!
    ( sry for my probably bad english .. i´m from germany 😉 )

  17. moe1243 Avatar
    moe1243

    lolololol
    lolololol

  18. Dazbme Avatar
    Dazbme

    i did
    i did

  19. ExploreYourMindNC Avatar
    ExploreYourMindNC

    you could sleep …
    you could sleep while they pull you to school, you’d get about 30+ minutes of sleep

  20. ColdFusion0617 Avatar
    ColdFusion0617

    Robots with child …
    Robots with child molestation charges. AWESOME

  21. Treblaine Avatar
    Treblaine

    hi-ho hi-ho,
    and …

    hi-ho hi-ho,
    and off to work we go,
    we may be inanimate machines,
    but we’re mighty keen,

    hi-ho hi-ho hiho-hiho

    😀

    I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist. It was either that or a Pedobear joke.

  22. Tzoni Avatar
    Tzoni

    That child was like …
    That child was like oh god why the am i doing this

  23. PlasticPurpleDino Avatar
    PlasticPurpleDino

    Did anyone else …
    Did anyone else think of pikmin when they saw this???

  24. Masamuneblade7 Avatar
    Masamuneblade7

    Humm, this may make …
    Humm, this may make wheelchairs obsolete. they (By parental command) can drag you to bed, drag you to the kitchen to burn your hand on the stove, give you a swirly and give you a purple nurple. Ultimate parental control devices!

  25. jmlapinay3 Avatar
    jmlapinay3

    lol maybe i can put …
    lol maybe i can put red lights on my stuff so they can put them away!!! xP

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