A Robot That Can Squeeze Through Tiny Cracks in a Wall


	A Robot That Can Squeeze Through Tiny Cracks in a Wall

chestnut501

10-21-2009 10:48 AM

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iRobot's Soft Morphing Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Steps

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The New Blob Robot uses Chemical Reactions within Multiple Cellular Chambers Called Jamming to Change its Shape an Size for a Desired Effect.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/scienceray.com/img/A4BD041C-438C-43C4-86A7-BA9D511EC9FA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/"> The Blobrobot is comprised of several cellular chambers that are filled with a jamming fluid. Each of the cellular chambers can be jammed and unjammed an then inflated with air. This causes the Blob to take on a multiple of shapes an sizes.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqHERKdlK8&feature=player_embedded" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqHERKdlK8&feature=player_embedded" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqHERKdlK8&feature=player_embedded"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SbqHERKdlK8&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/" href="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/" style="font-size: 11px;">scienceray.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/">Researchers in the iRobot <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="#7fab00"><SPAN class="kLink">development </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">team</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap0" class="preLoadWrap"><DIV id="preLoadLayer0"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A> have found ways to control each cellular chamber an have basically created a new type of movement for robots by changing its shape, size an viscosity.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/scienceray.com/img/517DED5F-7BD5-4C25-AC79-C89112ECAD9F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceray.com/technology/the-blob-robot/"> With the ability to take on a soild or liquid form this silicone based robot, will be able to detect anything an go anywere. Researchers are even working on connecting the Blobs togather.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DFE6CFA0-EC8F-436E-8385-AAD66D75CB67/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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