Modular Robots

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday February 8, 2002 @05:37AM from the which-module-plays-tony-hawk-3 dept.

levin writes "An article in the latest issue of IEEE spectrum discusses modular robots--robots made of small, identical components or modules. These robots can slither, roll like a tank tread, inchworm, or crawl like a spider. The idea is that modular robots will be not only cheaper to build because the modules are all the same, but will be more able to repair themselves (by shedding damaged modules). Even cooler, each of the 5cm cube modules in Xerox PARC's polybot sports its own PowerPC 555 and 1mb ram."

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Lazy by sandidge · 2002-02-08 05:39 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Sounds like someone was behind on an article, looked at the Legos and their desk and started writing. :)
My favorite module by selectspec · 2002-02-08 06:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My favorite module is Keep on the Borderlands. Although, Village of Hamblet come in a close second. Of course, as a purest, I never liked Purple Mountain, the one with the space ship.

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