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> Or you send some self replicating stuff on the moon [...] > We have the technology to do this right now Do we? Self-replicating robots would be very exciting
by justinpombrio 11y ago
> Or you send some self replicating stuff on the moon [...]
> We have the technology to do this right now
Do we? Self-replicating robots would be very exciting, even on Earth, but I thought we weren't close to being able to make them. Do you have a citation/link?
- venomsnake 11y agoYou have 3d printers that can print themselves. That is a cornerstone.
- simcop2387 11y agoEverything except assembly, the motors, and the electronics. It's definitely getting closer but we don't have printers that can actually print themselves just yet.
- anonymfus 11y agoFANUC factories. 2003: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/06/01/343371/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2... 2007 (?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SREct28lJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SREct28lJM 2010: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_49/b4206044280596.htm http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_49/b42060442... 2015: http://www.wsj.com/articles/japanese-robot-maker-fanuc-reveals-some-of-its-secrets-1427384420 http://www.wsj.com/articles/japanese-robot-maker-fanuc-revea... (put google in the referrer to avoid paywall)
- ju-st 11y agoThey are just a industrial automation company. Why should they be able to build stuff on the moon?