Research:
Self replication: More movies and pictures

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Images

Two molecube 4-module robots
			Baseplate that supplies energy to cubes
Illustration of swiveling mechanism	Close-up of single module	Inside of cube half that contains the motor and gear and electromagnet	Inside of cube half that contains the microprocessor and electromagnet
Artist Rendition	Small-scale mockup used for explaining concept of geometric reconfiguration (1x1x1" swiveling cubes with magnets)	Team picture. Left to Right: Bryant Adams, Hod Lipson, Victor Zykov. Lipson and Zykov holding reproducing robot, Adams holding a mockup used to demonstrate motion.
Series of shots from the self-replication process of a 4-module robot, two generations	Series of shots from the self-replication process of a 3-module robot, two generations	Series of shots showing reconfiguration during the first 10 seconds

Movies

(For PC users):

• Self-reproduction of 4-module robot, accelerated x4  (WMV, 6MB)
• Self-reproduction of 4-module robot, accelerated x2, annotated  (WMV, 6MB)
• Self-reproduction of 3-module robot, accelerated x2  (WMV, 6MB)
• Simulation of self reproduction of 8 module robot  (WMV, 1MB)

(For Mac users):

• Self-reproduction of 3-module robot, accelerated x2  (MPEG, 12MB)
• Simulation of self reproduction of 8 module robot  (MPEG, 2MB)
• Self-reproduction of 4-module robot, accelerated x4  (MPEG, 12MB)

Revised: November 11, 2006 .