Hi everyone, got some cool and freaky robots to show today. Modular robots are probably not the latest in robotics but they are getting more and more advanced as research goes further. Modular robots are basically robots that are resilient to damage, if you break them apart, they reassemble themselves back together! For me, the theory is abit difficult to understand but from the NewScientist video, it’s explained and it sure is a joy to watch.

The video shows ckBot, from the University of Pennsylvania, Modular Robotics Lab demonstrating the principle…

They are abit slow when it comes to rebuilding themselves back together, but they remind me of worms when they get cut into sections, they each wriggle about on their own (but worms don’t reassemble themselves back together though!).