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Wouldn't you love to be a terrorist hunkered down hiding from our Army, hear something scuttling off in a corner and see one of these poking its nose around the corner: From Mere Rhetoric:

Military Developing Shrinking, Shape-Changing, Insectoid Micro-Spybots
I was going to use the phrase "shrinking, shape-changing insectoid micro-spybots that can chemically transform upon command, climb up walls, and infiltrate small spaces." But that sounded so alarmist:

SquishBot is a program to develop a new class of soft, shape-changing robot. The goal is to design systems that can transform themselves from hard to soft and from soft to hard, upon command. Another goal is to create systems that change their critical dimensions by large amounts, as much as 10x. Such robots will be like soft animals that can squeeze themselves through small openings and into tight places.

Sweet dreams!

Reference here: SquishBot - Advanced Chemistry Robot that Inches, Climbs and Deforms Gives me the creeps just thinking about it... Posted by DaveH at April 23, 2009 7:40 PM