In an effort to create a more capable robot, researchers from Cornell University designed one<\/a> that’s essentially many smaller robots stuck together. This modular formation means the robot can transform<\/a> into whatever shape best suits the task at hand.<\/p> What makes this shape-shifting robot remarkable is that it doesn’t need anyone telling it when to change shape — it figures that out on its own using a system of cameras, sensors, and AI software.<\/p> The Cornell team describes the shape-shifting robot in a paper<\/a> published Wednesday in the journal Science Robotics<\/em>, but to get a real feel for its capabilities, we suggest checking out the video above.<\/p> Watch it and you’ll see the robot navigate a makeshift office environment that looks like a box fort you might have built as a child. The robot navigates around what seems like whatever crap the Cornell researchers had lying around the lab — a water filter, a stool — to retrieve objects and place them in a designated drop-off zone.<\/p> If the bot decides its current shape isn’t ideal for completing a task, it switches it up — various parts detach and reattach themselves to the robot’s main body. This allows it to navigate narrow spaces or even inchworm itself up a set of stairs.<\/p> Let’s just hope the researchers building the next generations of these transforming robots model them after the Autobots and not the Decepticons.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Shape-Shifting Modular Robot Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts<\/a> [Cornell University]<\/p> More on adaptable robots: This Floating Robot Dragon Can Change Shape Mid-Flight<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p> See the article here: Adapt, React, Readapt, Apt Robots have never been more advanced than they are today, but they aren\u2019t terribly adaptable\u00a0\u2014 most are capable of completing just one or two specific tasks . Continue reading Metabot<\/strong><\/h2>
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