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These modular robots self-assemble to make and move furniture
Roombots are modular robots made by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) that can self-assemble to make, move and enhance furniture.
Roombots are modular robots made by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) that can self-assemble to make, move and enhance furniture.
oO0Xenos0Oo
May 19, 2020 at 1:27 pm
Make them smaller and put screen technology on them instead of lights. They will be able to form a display of any size at any place.
alex3261
May 19, 2020 at 1:34 pm
0:40. You highlighted one of the major weaknesses of the robots and of the AI pdriven devices: the power supply. As long as they would need batteries, their production and their replacement, there is no autonomous system that is viable. At one point, not very far, they will collect dust in a corner.
Not to mention that they are ugly.
J Y
May 19, 2020 at 1:35 pm
This is sick
henrycwcw
May 19, 2020 at 3:10 pm
This is so futuristic damn. Cant wait to see it in action over the next 10-20 years.
Top Ten Gadgets for Pros
May 19, 2020 at 3:12 pm
Me: There just bigger nano bots from big hero-Jesse: no they’re roombots.
Vaskir
May 19, 2020 at 3:58 pm
Terminators made out of modular bots… sigh
Scotti Pimpin
May 19, 2020 at 4:03 pm
So Cubix. Sick
Motasem M
May 19, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Getting big hero 6 vibes
Michael Boys
May 19, 2020 at 4:42 pm
These look amazing!!!! I dread to think how much they would cost though.
PurpleTape
May 19, 2020 at 4:53 pm
Sitting on that chair would not be comfortable in the slightest
Cross
May 19, 2020 at 5:19 pm
What is that? A chair for ants?
Arachnicution
May 19, 2020 at 5:20 pm
So…they make slow robots for furniture? If only people used thier ingenuity for something useful. I assume they couldn’t begin to comprehend nanorobots or robotic prosthetics so they just chose novelty furniture bots.
kingrando
May 19, 2020 at 5:28 pm
Wow… imagine these at nano size
kingrando
May 19, 2020 at 5:33 pm
If I had modular robots, I would be creating a large scale transforming Optimus Prime for reals.
zi jun luo
May 19, 2020 at 5:50 pm
CUBIX robots for everyone.
Kevin Gutierrez
May 19, 2020 at 6:26 pm
It reminded me of Big Hero 6 right away!
sherri moquin
May 19, 2020 at 7:55 pm
Big hero 6
sherri moquin
May 19, 2020 at 7:57 pm
I would like to know the price of those moduler robots
Caden Churchill
May 19, 2020 at 8:14 pm
Those are amazing! 100% would use these to just make something boring like a box 😂
Unsatisfied Woman
May 19, 2020 at 8:25 pm
i’m not very funny, dude ✅ 🍉 🍿 🍐
Reg3e
May 19, 2020 at 8:30 pm
0:02
😀
Obi-Wan Kenobi
May 19, 2020 at 8:47 pm
Big hero 6 belike
Aefzhe Valai
May 19, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Big hero 6
Stratos
May 19, 2020 at 9:17 pm
pretty sure I have seen something like this like 8 years ago…
Chris Locke
May 21, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Right, and never again since, cuz its useless and silly
Lee cardio
May 19, 2020 at 10:09 pm
can’t afford a bigger apartment
but these robots which will be expensive AF?
Wings of Destruction
May 20, 2020 at 4:30 am
This honestly reminds me of those nano bots from that Disney movie big hero 6
Paul Kjoss
May 20, 2020 at 7:48 am
I’m sure there is a better use for these things than furniture
Kenneth Blocher
May 20, 2020 at 1:45 pm
Why don’t you ask Lord Saladin, see how well that went for the Iron Lords?
fukinshin
May 20, 2020 at 7:19 pm
Incredibly impractical
John Gyver
May 20, 2020 at 7:39 pm
Nice, but I wish you had shown us how those modules are controlled.
Are all those shapes prerecorded, then “played” back to assemble something? How easy (or not) it is to create a new shape that I want?
Roshan Baig
May 20, 2020 at 11:18 pm
So freaking cool
Chris Locke
May 21, 2020 at 2:12 pm
Lame and useless, FAIL!