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Robotic Ecologies

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the rise-of-the-machines dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Architecture has started a new program about 'robotic ecologies' which wants to answer the question: Will robots take over architecture? As said the program leader, 'This research is not just about architectural machines that move. It is about groups of architectural machines that move with intelligence.' Apparently, buildings tracking our movements and adapting their shape or texture according human presence are not far fetched. Maybe one day, we'll talk to our homes and they'll answer."

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  1. The reliable Stanislaw Lem by toby · · Score: 3, Informative

    Prefigured responsive buildings in his wonderful Return from the Stars. Highly recommended.

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    you had me at #!