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Magic Bots: Vine-Inspired Robots Can Grow on Demand
livescience.com ^
| July 21, 2017 03:08pm ET
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 07/22/2017 12:15:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Robots that mimic ivy vines can grow thousands of times their original lengths at speeds faster than the average person can run, a new study finds.
The new soft, flexible robots could one day be used in tight situations, such as to slither through rubble or snake inside the human body...
The newly developed robot is made of soft, flexible polyethylene, the most common plastic in the world. It grows from its tip via internal air pressure, which pushes plastic tubing stored at its base up through the core of its body. The robot is initially about 11 inches (28 cm) long, but can rapidly reach a maximum length of about 236 feet (72 meters), according to the researchers.
"The body doesn't move as the tip extends," Hawkes told Live Science. "That is, you could hold the body of the robot tightly in your hands, and the tip would keep growing."
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; penguinhumor
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:15:41 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:24:44 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:26:55 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
To: BenLurkin
"That is, you could hold the body of the robot tightly in your hands, and the tip would keep growing." Big deal.....I've always had one of those.....
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:37:15 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: BenLurkin
Wow. Seriously aggressive adware on that site.
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:37:26 PM PDT
by
EasySt
To: BenLurkin
" snake inside the human body..." Sounds like a Lindsey Graham recreational activity!
To: EasySt
I didn’t get any and I have no blocking set?
To: BenLurkin
Oh, they invented a baloons with a valve! How many millions of tax dollars for this profound revelation?
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posted on
07/22/2017 12:58:23 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: TexasGator
Viewed it with an iPad Air 2, in Chrome, with pop-up blocking enabled, yet got four large, content covering pop ups in under half a minute.
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posted on
07/22/2017 1:00:38 PM PDT
by
EasySt
To: EasySt
"... yet got four large, content covering pop ups in under half a minute." Robotically spreading and metastisizing faster than a human can run!
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07/22/2017 2:25:19 PM PDT
by
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
To: BenLurkin
What wine do you pair with that?
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posted on
07/22/2017 2:30:17 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
To: Darksheare; Monkey Face; moose07; NicknamedBob; Dead Corpse; ArGee; NoCmpromiz; null and void
Are we interested in a new Undead Thread about robots?
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07/22/2017 4:14:38 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Everybody loves to talk about 'values' because there is no math involved.")
To: Tax-chick; BenLurkin
A follow up killer robot undead thread?
Sure, if Ben is up to it.
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07/22/2017 6:33:24 PM PDT
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Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Darksheare; Tax-chick
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07/22/2017 8:49:29 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Darksheare
Why not? It’s not like we’re overdue or anything..
Right now I’m trying to figure out why my firewall is getting hammered on port 7777. I’d blame a game Son #2 plays but he’s not on..
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posted on
07/22/2017 10:00:00 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: Tax-chick
BookMark:
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posted on
07/23/2017 2:35:36 AM PDT
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moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Forward to the glorious world of next Tuesday !)
To: moose07; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:07:12 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("Everybody loves to talk about 'values' because there is no math involved.")
To: Tax-chick
*YAWN* blink blink ‘morning...
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07/23/2017 3:23:56 AM PDT
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null and void
(This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)
To: null and void
Morning, it is. I got up this morning and found my coffee wasn’t ready. It appears a mistake was made (by no known agent, of course) in resetting the timer on the coffeemaker. Oh, well. I’ll reset it later: prompt coffee is much more important on Monday!
How are you today?
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07/23/2017 3:26:13 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("Everybody loves to talk about 'values' because there is no math involved.")
To: Tax-chick
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07/23/2017 3:34:12 AM PDT
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null and void
(This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)
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