Robot survives stabbing and can walk again shortly after ‘torture’
SCIENTISTS have just revealed the creation of a Terminator-like robot capable of healing itself from injury.
While humans may have long believed that they could overpower artificial intelligence, this robot shows that new creations may be stronger than previously assumed.
Illinois researchers have made a flexible, self-healing robot that springs up again after attack or damage, The Daily Star reported.
Via chemical reactions, the rubber-sensor automaton fuses itself back together after being cut, according to the outlet.
As a part of their trial, the scientist stabbed the machine's four legs one by one.
After each stabbing, it reportedly restored itself and began walking once more.
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"We really tried to torture these sensors as much as we can," Hedan Bai, one of the lead Illinois project researchers, said.
Scientists have begun to focus on building such droids out of softer materials, making them stronger and easier to regenerate after damage.
This healing is called "damage intelligence," and it is thought to be the solution to using robots in tough industries as well as robot muscles that have a chance of fixing themselves should the user damage them.
Another self-regenerating robot was placed under living human skin in June, the Daily Star found.
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It was called a "sweaty finger," and thought to look like a sex toy.
Professor Shoji Takeuchi, one of the scientists involved in the study, said the creation is "not only soft like real skin but can repair itself if cut or damaged in some way."