US robot builds copies of itself
"It's only a toy demonstration of the idea, but lead researcher Hod Lipson, of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has bold plans for these intelligent modular machines.
"'Space applications clearly come to mind. If you're sending a robot to one of Jupiter's moons, and the robot breaks, then the mission is over," Dr Lipson told the BBC.
"'So you would like to have a robotic system that can adapt, or to repair itself, remotely. So that would be one clear application.'"
A case in point:
Great escape plan for Mars rover
"The US space agency (Nasa) is to begin taking steps to spring its robotic rover Opportunity from the sand trap it is stranded in on Mars."
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