Shape Shifting Robot Can Reassemble After Crashing Apart
It’s fairly certain that the Mars Polar Lander and the Beagle lander crash landed on Mars, never to be heard from again. Well, what if crash landing was no problem? What if a robotic spacecraft could just reassemble and fix itself if there was a mishap on the way to another planet’s surface? That type of science fiction is getting closer to reality. A group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a robot made of separate modules that can recognize each other and reassemble itself if they crash or get kicked apart. Maybe this could solve the problems of landing on Mars!
Except we haven't figured out how to reassemble people, yet.
Take a look a the video. It's pretty remarkable, although I have to admit, I had visions of the Terminator after watching it….
Original News Source: New Scientist
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