Trends in Robotics
No head required for 20-brained bot
added Thu Aug 03 07:00 2006 ET from New Scientist
Humans are lost without their heads, but not M-TRAN. The robot, made of 20 independent modules that each have their own "brain", can lose any of its body parts without breaking down.
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