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Self-replicating Robots

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This entry was posted on 7/28/2006 4:22 PM and is filed under AI, Robotics,Models.

Adam Arico alerted me to the following:

Finally, some Cornell researchers realized John von Neumann's dream of self-replicating automata.  They are relatively simple and need some help in "feeding," but once fed they are quite proficient.  Make sure you look at the video showing how they replicate.

 

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    • 7/29/2006 8:03 AM Pete Mandik wrote:
      Those are ok. I'll be impressed, though, when they get autonomous automata to pull that off. Note that the cube-worms in the video need to be mounted in the table sockets to do their fancy tricks.
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