Robot reassembles itself after being kicked apart

Started by Jag, January 30, 2009, 08:58:19 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Jag

January 30, 2009, 08:58:19 AM
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/29/robot-reassembles-it.html

QuoteHere's a modular robot from the University of Pennsylvania that can reassemble itself after being kicked into pieces. This is the second video I've seen of a robot that responds in a surprising way to its master's kick. The first video was of the Big Dog pack robot.

As one of the comments to the video states:

QuoteLevel 0 robot civilization: kicked robots break.
Level 1 robot civilization: kicked robots catch themselves before they break.
Level 2 robot civilization: kicked robots fix themselves.
Level 3 robot civilization: robots preemptively break anything that might kick them.

Trieste

#1
January 30, 2009, 10:41:32 PM
Very cool.

Ket

#2
January 31, 2009, 11:52:11 AM
I want one of those Big Dog robots! 
she wears strength and darkness equally well, the girl has always been half goddess, half hell

you can find me on discord, ketling
Ons & Offs~Menagerie~Pulse~Den of Iniquity
wee little Ketlings don't yet have the ability to spit forth flame with the ferocity needed to vanquish a horde of vehicular bound tiny arachnids.

The Overlord

#3
February 01, 2009, 04:59:21 AM

Definitely very interesting.




...however, one cannot help think just how far down the road will it be before AI develops to the point where robots do not particularly like being kicked.


Oh no, not one bit!  :-\

OldSchoolGamer

#4
February 08, 2009, 12:58:18 AM
"They say it got smart.  A new order of intelligence.  It began to perceive all humans as a threat, not just the ones on the other side..."
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions