http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/comment-page-1/#comment-14400 Marc Fri, 09 May 2008 13:47:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3248#comment-14400 I'm happy to see Yim got his robot working so well. I spent some time working with him at Upenn for grad school, and he was having many short commings. He envisions the robot being capable of flying a plane or piloting an automobile! I’m happy to see Yim got his robot working so well. I spent some time working with him at Upenn for grad school, and he was having many short commings. He envisions the robot being capable of flying a plane or piloting an automobile!

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/comment-page-1/#comment-14327 cip Mon, 05 May 2008 08:57:58 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3248#comment-14327 Terminator, i double that... :) Terminator, i double that…

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/comment-page-1/#comment-14237 Martin McG Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:35:56 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3248#comment-14237 That's cool, but its at the end, after that labourious reconstruction, when the robot stands up proud and rebuilt then promptly falls apart again and the engineers/scientists collapse into a fit of giggles that you can't help thinking mankind might still have a decade or two at the top of the heap yet... That’s cool, but its at the end, after that labourious reconstruction, when the robot stands up proud and rebuilt then promptly falls apart again and the engineers/scientists collapse into a fit of giggles that you can’t help thinking mankind might still have a decade or two at the top of the heap yet…

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/comment-page-1/#comment-14236 Opensource Obscure Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:06:07 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3248#comment-14236 ...Terminator's 'liquid metal' :) …Terminator’s ‘liquid metal’

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/04/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-modular-robotic-overlords/comment-page-1/#comment-14233 csven Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:50:47 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3248#comment-14233 First time I saw polybots I thought of two movies: http://blog.rebang.com/?p=90 First time I saw polybots I thought of two movies: http://blog.rebang.com/?p=90

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