Lipson, a scientist at Cornell, was able to produce a robot that imitates life – it constantly learns about itself and can replicate itself with materials from a 3D printer. As long as the 3D printer has power and a supply of raw materials, the robot can continue to create versions of itself. What will a robot with the capacity to evolve turn into?
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Posted in Engineering, Ideas
[…] from the lunar dust. Then, there are designs for the construction of utilitarian robots with an ability to endlessly replicate themselves. These could eventually reach giant proportions and work to construct whole cities using 3D […]