Robots Are Cool. Not As Cool As Kung Fu, But Still Pretty Cool

I am a geek.  One of my responsibilities as a geek is, when I see really, really sweet geek things, those things must be blogged.

 

One of the dreams of both science fiction writers and practical robot builders has been realized, at least on a simple level: Cornell University researchers have created a machine that can build copies of itself.

Hat tip to Jefe.

Full story of this is noted here.  Video of this pretty damn cool thing is here . 

 

That's reproducing robots, people.

 

That's pretty friggin hot. 

 

I had a chance to go to Cornell U. back in the day.  Stories like this make me wish that I had.