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Xerox PARC Working On Modular Robots

Posted by Hemos on from the build-with-construtix dept.

An reader writes "I was watching Discovery Channel Canada last night, and they had a story about modular robotics that is being researched at Xerox PARC. Rather than build a single, large robot, project leader Mark Yim is working on small, autonomous bots that can work together to achieve a desired goal. When many of this bots are linked together, they call the result a polybot. "

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  1. Bots in Socks... by Squirrel+Killer · · Score: 4, Funny
    "When many of this bots are linked together, they call the result a polybot."
    With apologies to Dr. Seuss...

    What do you know about polybots? Well...

    When polybots fight,
    it's called a polybottle battle.

    And when they battle in a puddle,
    it's a polybottle puddle battle.

    AND when polybottles battle with paddles in a puddle,
    they call it a polybottle puddle paddle battle.

    AND...

    When polybots battle polybots in a puddle paddle battle
    and the polybot battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...
    ...they call this a polybottle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle.

    AND...

    When polybottles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
    and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...
    ...they call this a muddle puddle poly poodle bottle noodle
    bottle paddle battle.