Robot Composed of “Catoms” Can Assume Any Form

If you’ve read Michael Crichton’s “Prey,” we do NOT want this to happen…

Slashdot: “An article in New Scientist describes a robotic system composed of
swarms of electromagnetic modules capable of assuming almost any form
that is being developed by the Claytronics Group at Carnegie Mellon.
‘The grand goal is to create swarms of microscopic robots capable of
morphing into virtually any form by clinging together. Seth Goldstein,
who leads the research project at Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, in the US, admits this is still a distant prospect.
However, his team is using simulations to develop control strategies
for futuristic shape-shifting, or “claytronic”, robots, which they are
testing on small groups of more primitive, pocket-sized machines.’”