If you build them, they will multiply

[Jessterw]

Here's a few links concerning the self-replicating robots that scientists at Cornell University have developed.

ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=748180

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4538547.stm

Cornell University - Mpg Movie

http://www.mae.cornell.edu/ccsl/research/selfrep/video/4x4ht4a.mpg

[schmosef]

interesting, but just being able to copy itself isn't enough.

it should be able to perform some other useful purpose and it should be able to learn from experience and pass that experience on to subsequent generations of itself.

[xortam]

interesting, but just being able to copy itself isn't enough.

it should be able to perform some other useful purpose and it should be able to learn from experience and pass that experience on to subsequent generations of itself.

Ahh ... akin to the replicants on Stargate.

[Jessterw]

Ahh ... akin to the replicants on Stargate.

I'd rather not see robots reach that level, at least not in my lifetime.

[Nowhere]

Mhmmm...Borg nanoprobes

[breezer]

Yes,
I was thinking of the replicators on sg1 - what a nice bunch of creatures these are, and they were originally meant to be toys.

Breeezer

[Nowhere]

According to the experts on the matter of Borg history their nanoprobes were originally meant as medical treatment