Interesting modular robotics concept

[tst]

This looks interesting:

Although, it seems to me that one serious problem this has over software is that bytes take up considerably less space.

[SteveChandler]

This totally reminded me of one of the most memorable books I have read - Vehicles: experiments in synthetic psychology

Totally cool!

[pallen]

Interesting.  Kind of reminds me of the Reactable stuff.    http://www.reactable.com/

Although with the Reactable, the "blocks" are passive and don't have any moving parts. 

I'm trying to remember what the toy was that used the clear plastic "bubbles" with the gears and stuff in them.  These robot blocks remind me a little of them. 

[altenbach]

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@tst wrote:

This looks interesting:

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Imagine putting a couple million assorted cubes into a big mixing drum for a few days and let evolution take place. A few very smart complexes will walk out at the end and take over the world (until the batteries run out). 😄

[SteveChandler]

Imagine putting a couple million assorted cubes into a big mixing drum for a few days and let evolution take place. A few very smart complexes will walk out at the end and take over the world (until the batteries run out). 😄

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Or they start making their own

[JackDunaway]

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pallen wrote:

I'm trying to remember what the toy was that used the clear plastic "bubbles" with the gears and stuff in them.  These robot blocks remind me a little of them. 

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Capsela! Some of my favorite toys growing up. 

[tst]

I ran into another similar concept, but one which looks more practical - littleBits.

There's a nice TED talk where the creator demonstrates how it works - http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ayah_bdeir_building_blocks_that_blink_beep_and_teach.html