Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Automatic Mechanical Self Replication


Automatic Mechanical Self Replication (part 2) from chead on Vimeo.

Posted by NickC in RepRap IRC

Here is the paper that this video is based off of.

http://vxheavens.com/lib/mlp01.html
I had never heard of  Lionel Penrose before, but his work was intersting.  I bet he would have loved RepRap, shame he isn't around any more.  Read up on him over at his wiki page.

Wouldn't this be a wonderful tool to teach the concept of replication without intelligence in schools?

Anyway back to printing, thanks for indulging me.
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3 comments:

  1. dissidenceNovember 23, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    i think a person could reprap some of those, i wonder if there is any digrams for those out there. they look fairly simple not sure about part counts though.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 23, 2010 at 2:56 PM

    I liked this too :
    http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/21/how-a-simple-code-is-turned-into-flesh-and-blood/
    No wooden bits in sight but breathtaking.

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  3. Jeff CNovember 24, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Looks like an awesome laser-cutter project for someone.

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