From the m-blocks at MIT, to the kilobots at Harvard, self-reconfiguring modular #robots stand to make a BIG impact! ***** has more on these little guys you may have seen on the big screen in the movie Big Hero 6.
This is basically an inspiration from the cells that make up living organisms. All living things are technically made of of smaller living things and are constructed in a certain shape. If we can replicate this on to a machine, that would be so awesome.
Self repair (home, automotive, etc.), personal chores (cooking, cleaning & organization, decoration, etc.) and partial assisted with living care (pet, kids, etc.)
Speaking of robots doing our chores, i was working on a robot to clean for me, then i stopped working on it because of school and never really got back to it. It's just grathering dust now. But hey, that means it's working! I should really finish it someday though.
it's very interesting that you're into topics that i've been through for my assignments lately. i'm more interested in nanotechnology, vertical farming and collective intelligence
I remember seeing a video back in the 1990s on a space / science show about using robots for space exploration. One of things it suggested was to explore Mars instead of one big robot that you would be more cautious with, maybe ten small robots, to cover more area and if one is damaged, you still have backup--plus the knowledge of a particular danger zone. Then it was suggested instead of ten small robots, maybe use 100 minibots. Sure, each bot could only do simple functions,, but they could team up to do more complex functions and again cover more area and have even more redundancy. And then it was posited use 1000 microbots, little more than motes with sensors, that move by being blown in the Martian wind, the way some flowers on Earth pollenate. While each only sees a tiny picture, assembled together they could form quite the mosaic of Mars.
I'm optimistic, in less then 100 years, electronic computers have gone from discrete vacuum tube based systems, then discrete transistorized units, then integrated circuits and microprocessors soon followed and here we are. So would imagine that a similar thing would happen with this as well.
Entire buildings and roads should someday consist of "programmable matter". That way local news reports will include headlines like "Time Square will be Receiving an Update this Weekend, v10.0.2"
i think it would be much easier for the tiny robots to fly instead of taking up that space to put in a light bulb.(might not every be used in that way but i can see them using tiny robots to repair pipelines or help in disaster situations.)
Where would all of these small bots go once they un assemble. You'd think that that'd be a hazard. I think that they should all form into a medium sized shape or something once done that you can just store away. Also how would you control them?
1) RoboChauffeur "Yes, drop me off at work, at the front door take the car for a lube job." 2) RoboButler "Why, yes, RoboJeeves, I would like breakfast in bed." 3) RoboHealthCompanion "Okay, RoboBaymax, I'll do two more sit ups. No pain no gain."
Hey John I have an idea but I'm a high school student I just imagined creating something to create a weapon like A phone you just say the magic word and it will became a gun Is it possible that this kind of imagination could be created or not???
This in short words means : programmable Matter.. Claytronics.. If such a thing is strong enough, and intelligent enough and can be utilized throughout everything, then we can eventually destroy all buildings around us and use these tiny robots to assemble a intelligent city for us in a matter of as short time.. That would change alot of things worldwide.
i'd make the robots heal the tissues of my body immediately after damage. Once the healing process starts i get a pain killer in the spot, once healed the pain killer particles are removed with the concentration of the robot going away. I'd be doing crazy stuff with that. no pain still crazy like a video game :D Now, death can occure once damage in my brain happens. I could probably survive but man i dont want to lose my memory and restart my whole life LOL
cutting grass, washing up and id like to have a robot to help me with things such as handing me tools while working and it to be like the robot in robot and frank
Well, the Grey Goo scenario only comes into play if the robots aren't just reconfiguring but also replicating themselves. A replicating self-reconfiguring modular robot would be . . . really cool, but also potentially dangerous.
Would be great to have a robot at can cook me a healthy dinner that tastes good, cleans the house, does the washing and polishes the car. Then I could have more time to watch your channel.
maybe in the future people, would be laughing at us after watching these videos because they will be more advanced than this, just like 60's or 70's peoples predicted about us.
They would rather be fascinated how we predicted their future. Like this generation observing the people from the 60's and 50's though how the future would be.. This isn't about them laughing of their asses, its about a different mindset and mentality compared to now.
Toyota brings you lots of made up nonsense, combined with lots of after effects graphics, thinking it qualifies as good online content. Who's making this rubbish for them?
