Tuesday, April 05, 2005

NASA tests shape-shifting robots

NASA engineers at the Goddard Space Fligh Center watched the TETWalker robot successfully move. "Robots of this type will eventually be miniaturized and joined together to form 'autonomous nanotechnology swarms (ANTS)' that alter their shape to flow over rocky terrain or to create useful structures like communications antennae...."
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/ants.html

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