Self-assembled robot like the movie 'destroyer'

MIT researchers have announced a block cube robot that can flip, jump and assemble itself to change shape.

Small size robots, called the M-Block , have no external components but can still be moved by the internal flywheel mechanism. They stick together with the magnet.

Scientists have predicted that the miniaturized version of the "herd of robots" is similar to the self-styled "liquid steel" version of the Terminator series .

Robot Block-M find themselves together to form the structure as required - (Photo: MIT)

However, unlike the prototype in Hollywood movies, the M-block robots can be used as bridges or temporary structures, or self-assembled scaffolding.

The advantage of the mini robots is that they can meet any of the requirements or tasks assigned to them.

John Romanishin, one of the scientists involved in the project, said his team wants to create hundreds of cubes, scattered across the floor, able to automatically identify each other and manage it. benches, tables, or ladders, as required.

The M-block is controlled by computer-transmitted radio waves, but in the future scientists hope the new algorithm can be loaded directly into the robot, making it a self-propelled robot and capable of being liked. in accordance with different environmental conditions.