"It looks like a four-armed starfish, but so far it's unaware of its own shape. After flailing its arms for a while, however, the robot gets a sense of its design and begins to walk. The real feat comes when engineers remove a part of its leg: The robot senses a change in its structure and begins walking in a different way to compensate. The demonstration is the first proof that a robot can generate a conception of itself and then adapt to damage, a handy skill to have in unpredictable environments."

Whoa, kewl... this totally reminds me of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I525BRSnO1E

I can see what you mean!

The thing is, stuff like that isn't outside the realms of reality any more.

Just give 'em another 5 years...

two words: robot uprising.

I for one welcome our new robot overlords...