I Am Concept Video by Tronic Studio

http://www.vimeo.com/7400277

Tronic recently created a great concept video showing reprogrammable matter. The video is described, “The title comes from the animals’ declaration of who they are. Each animal says, “I AM the elephant” and “I AM the horse” and it’s through language that they are reinforcing their physicality and their place in the world.”

Soft Morphing Blob by iRobot

I was recently at thefirst architecture robotics conference in Orlando and discussing “jamming” prototypes with Cornell phd students. The prototypes I saw were about the size of a quarter and looked quite structural. iRobot is currently developing a soft ball robot that can inflate and move via the “jamming” phenomena. iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. More info can be viewed on the IEEE website.

OctArm by Clemson Researchers

Really interesting robotic tentacle test part of DARPA’s Biologically Inspired Multifunctional Dynamic Robots (BIODYNOTICS) program.

All that is solid melts into the air by Kultnation

http://www.vimeo.com/6504980

Really interesting 3d transformable structure. More information here.

Jollbot by Rhodri Armour

The first jumping and rolling robot, Jollbot has been created by Rhodri Armour, a PhD student from the University of Bath. Its hoped his creation, which can jump over obstacles and roll over smoother terrain, could be used for space exploration or land survey work in the future.

I-Swarm Robots

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Lego Structural Visualizations

Awesome representation of legos building structures in real-time. Great visualization of how small scale nano robot structures could be built in ral-time. 1500 hours of moving legobricks and individual photos splced together.

Stereoscopic 3D camera by James Cameron

Awesome video about the making of James Cameron’s new Stereoscopic 3d Camera. It has been in the works for many years and can mimmick human sight. This will likely change how we experience movies.