Forget those reassembling robots you’ve seen before, this thing is getting more into those Sci-Fi movies. When kicked apart, it can find pieces and reassembles by itselft, so that Liquid T-1000 from the Terminator will come sooner than we’ve expected?
Source: New Scientist
Built in 1928 by biologist Makoto Nishimura for the ascension of the Emperor Showa (aka Hirohito), Gakutensoku is Asia’s oldest modern robot. Twice as tall as the emperor at 10 feet, 6 inches, it could tilt its head, blink, smile and puff up its chest and cheeks with a system of inflatable rubber tubes (powered [...]
A Germany-based Festo company has developed 2 robots inspired by jelly fish, the AquaJelly and the AirJelly. According to Festo, the AquaJelly is “an artificial autonomous jellyfish with an electric drive and an intelligent, adaptive mechanical system.” Apparently the idea is to have several of the robots autonomously working together using a communication system composed [...]