Re: reprap


On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:19:23 -0500
Tim Tyler <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
Tim Tyler <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The proof-of-concept of self-replication that we have works along
radically different lines.

The current plan seems to be not to copy itself, but to copy its
parts - in a way that allows them to be relatively easily assembled
by a human.

That sounds like a good plan - if you can replace the human
with an assembley robot, and make the parts for that two then self
replication is achieved.

Kind of - if you provided an environment with free power and enough
processed raw materials of the right kind. However building
autonomous robots seems quite a bit trickier than building a 3D
printer. More moving parts, more sensors, more complex software
needed, etc.

However building assembly robots is a well established art
sophisticated examples of which can be seen in any car factory.

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