Finally,
Robots That Turn Into Furniture
Get ready for self-constructing, shape shifting, moving-on-command
Furniture — or as its creator like to call it, Roombots.
There are a lot of things we imagine our future robot overlords doing. But making, or rather
being our
Furniture is probably **t one of them. The kind of robot furnishings researchers at Switzerland-based technical university Ecole Polytechnique Federerale de Lausanne (EPFL) are working on is the stuff of dreams (and maybe a few nightmares).
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Roombots are actually robotic modules, roughly 6x6x6 inches and weighing about 3 pounds,
That include a few motors for three degrees of movements. They can roll slowly on the ground or use their built-in grip modules to attach themselves to each other or objects like specially-designed table-tops
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