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NewsSelf-replicating Robot Takes Mankind Closer to Ultimate Sci-fi Nightmare

Posted 06/23/08 at 04:12:47 PM by Pulkit Chandna

Self-replicating robots are here

Ace Ventura vividly described women as “a temple to house the miracle of procreation” in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, but scientists at a British University have ushered in an era in which robots will also be endowed with the divine gift of reproduction, or more precisely, replication. Researchers at the University of Bath have successfully developed RepRap, self-replicating machine that can copy itself ad infinitum.

Despite all the technological advancements you still have no choice but to click on the "Read More" link to know how the self-replicating robot might be a step closer to the ultimate sci-fi nightmare and how you can build one yourself.

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