Robot Chair Assembles Itself

BotJunkie has assembled a post about Max Dean and Raffaello D'Andrea's "Robot Chair" which, in a stunning example of over-engineering, can rebuild itself when it is disassembled in a very specific way. Which is not to say there's anything wrong with it: as a research project it's actually very amusing.

This is the sort of thing I can imagine being created once we figure out how to reclaim all the base materials in a product and recreate products in our at-home maker box. Why have nano-bots build a chair when they can build a robot?

Zombie Chair Cannot Be Destroyed [BotJunkie.com]

[#1 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2007 8:18 AM]

Steve Ballmer has already placed his order.

[#2 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2007 12:38 PM]

I for one welcome our new robot chair overlords.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2007 1:45 PM]

This could potentially put thousands of Japanese robotic chair repairmen out of work.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2007 6:20 PM]

Perhaps on normal boingboing you could link to the source as opposed to another boingboing page? I feel like I'm in a phone call to my phone company, being pushed around to all the different departments.

But still cool chair.

(also, featured on gizmodo no later than April http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/robot-chair-that-reassembles-itself-168439.php )

[#5 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2007 9:03 PM]

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[#6 posted by Gijs , October 2, 2007 10:34 AM]

here is also a video of a robotic chair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfnxYlIoVE
its technically less advanced.. but great!