Termite-Inspired Robots Build With Bricks 17
sciencehabit writes "A termite mound is a model of insect engineering. Some are meters high and consist of a complex network of tunnels. Even more impressive, millions of the bugs work together to build the mound, all without a blueprint or foreman telling them what to do. Could robots do the same? That's a question that has now been tackled by Justin Werfel, a computer scientist at Harvard University Today, he and his colleagues introduced a computer program that figures out how autonomous robots can make specific structures, including small-scale skyscrapers and pyramids, simply by following the same set of rules. The researchers started small, tasking three compact robots, or bots, with making a one-story, three-pronged structure all on their own, a job they completed in 30 minutes."
So... (Score:2)
Assembly line jobs are Really in jeopardy! (Score:4, Informative)
Are you three guys here or on strike this week?
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Are you three guys here or on strike this week?
There are a lot more than three, someone started building an alternate slashdot, which was immediately slashdotted. I was one of the protesters, have changed my mind; as long as classic is here, I'm here. Why I'm not joining the slashcott [slashdot.org].
I am keeping an eye on the alternate site, because Dice seems to want to attract the kind of people I hate reading comments from -- barely literate luddites who hate science and can't tell their from there from they're or lose
Several Meters High... (Score:2)
...and several meters deep, with radiators, chemical condensers and heat exchangers. [youtube.com]
Bot Spray Next? (Score:1)