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Shape-Shifting Robot Blob Has Emerged From Your Nightmares
the escapists ^
| 10/10/09
| tom goldman
Posted on 10/19/2009 9:31:33 PM PDT by Flavius
iRobot's flesh-like ChemBot will freak you out, but it also could save your life someday.
The ChemBot might look like something out of a bad dream, but it's actually a multimillion dollar military project. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Office contracted iRobot, creator of vacuum-robot Roomba, to design the soft, flexible, mechanical ooze last year. This video might be a little technical at first, but if you skip to the 2 minute mark you can see the results of iRobot's work thus far.
(Excerpt) Read more at escapistmagazine.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: endgame
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:31:35 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
* jaw on floor *
That is one of the most amazing things I believe I've ever seen.
* reeling *
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:37:30 PM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: TChris
To: Flavius; KevinDavis
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:41:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: Flavius
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:44:35 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: GeronL
To: Flavius
Well, it’s interesting... but what happens when a “cell” is ruptured?
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:45:19 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Skip to the 2:00 mark on the video to avoid the technical stuff
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:45:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: OneWingedShark
The inside of the skin could be made of a self-sealing gel.
9
posted on
10/19/2009 9:46:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: Flavius
Meh, even Dr. Who can defeat this monster.
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:48:58 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: GeronL
I watched the whole video. Cool!
To: ConservativeMan55
Maybe this is what those blobs on “the Prisoner” were!
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:50:50 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: OneWingedShark
I even reposted the link on our abandoned projectfr site
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:51:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: 1010RD
This is a spybot. Or a search and rescue robot. sqeeze under the rubble and stuff.
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posted on
10/19/2009 9:52:16 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(They Made It Happen On Purpose Economically. MIHOPE)
To: GeronL
>I even reposted the link on our abandoned projectfr site
Oh, yeah... sorry about dropping off the radar. *embarrassed*
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:02:24 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Flavius
I don’t think it’s all that impressive.
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:02:59 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: waiyu
ping myself for home puter
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:06:32 PM PDT
by
waiyu
(Republicans: We're like Democrats, just spelled different.)
To: Moonman62
Well, it is in the prototype stage. What will be impressive is when they get it outfitted with a small camera, “sniffers” of various sorts, built-in processors and its own power supply so it can be self contained and intelligent. Like the Mar’s landers - only smaller.
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:08:44 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
To: Flavius
I'm impressed, but octopi & squid have been doing the same things for eons with their hydrostalic movement actuators in their arms. Fluid compressed, released in cells, enable the arms to move, suckers to....suck, and prey to be gotten.
REALLY cool bot, though!
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:14:53 PM PDT
by
Othniel
(Meddling in human affairs for 1/20 of a millenium......)
To: Moonman62
I don’t think it’s all that impressive. Ahem, did you read the comments below the video? One poster sees a new market in sex toys...
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posted on
10/19/2009 10:39:20 PM PDT
by
roadcat
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