The Matrix started at MIT: They made robots that… give birth to other robots – What are voxels

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have built swarms of tiny robots that have built-in intelligence and can build structures, vehicles or even larger versions of… themselves!

The robot’s subunit, which is being developed at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, is called a voxel and is capable of carrying power and data.

“When we build these structures, you have to build intelligence,” said MIT professor and CBA director Neil Gershenfeld. “What emerged was the idea of ​​structural electronics — building voxels that transmit power and data as well as force.”

Voxels make up both the robot itself and the parts of the object being built, allowing them to work together into larger structures.

“It could build a structure, or it could build another robot of the same size, or it could build a larger robot,” CBA doctoral student Amira Abdel-Rahman said in a statement.

While the research is promising, it will likely be years before we see swarms of robots breeding, according to Gershenfeld.

The researchers, who published a paper with their findings in Nature, are collaborating with the aviation industry, car companies and NASA on the new technology.

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