Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

http://offsite.wdg.us/mae/Raff/Inter...Jan06Short.wmv

This is kinda weird...

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

That's pretty cool !

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

If I may use the late great Kenneth Williams' final words...

"What's the bloody point??"

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

Russ, try and think outside the box a little... at the moment it's just a chair, but now that they've got a working prototype it could lead to different uses/purposes.

Imagine instead of being a chair, it was ...i dunno, a crane that is used inside a nuclear reactor to transfer reactive components from one area to another. If the crane breaks down then you have to send someone inside the radioactive zone to repair the damage. If the crane can repair itself, however, then nobody needs to risk their health by entering a toxic area.

That's just the 1st example that sprang to mind... I'm sure with a bit of time and some more caffeine I could come up with more/better suggestions :)

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

Until Ikea buy the patents and bury it !!! :D

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

Hmmm!I don't think I'd trust it to sit on it in the first place..It fell apart too easily.Plus there could be complications with virus infections etc.

No the thought that the furniture I was sitting on could be plotting a coup makes me feel very uncomfortable.;)

Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair
 

That is cool, kind of weird, but nonetheless well done to them :D