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michael jantzen

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All 12 of the S.A.R.E robotic segments.
All 12 of the S.A.R.E robotic segments.
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S.A.R.E (Self-Assembling Robotic Environments)

S.A.R.E

(Self-Assembling Robotic Environments)

S.A.R.E is a conceptual design that explores ways in which artificial intelligence and robotics can be used to create new kinds of physical spaces. This particular design consists of one eight by eight by eight-foot box, and one eight by eight by twelve-foot tall box.  Each of the boxes has been divided into six vertical segments. Each of these segments is formed from a floor, wall, and roof component. Each of the roofs are fitted with solar cells. All of the floor components contain an electric motor, three wheels, and a battery. The batteries are kept charged by the solar cells mounted on the roofs. Each of the segments of the boxes are essentially robots that can independently move in any direction. Their movements are controlled by the integration of artificial intelligence into each of the robots in the form of programs, that tell each of them where to go in order to assemble, disassemble, and reassemble themselves into many different kinds of configurations.

These different kinds of configurations form many different kinds of interior and exterior spaces. The initial experiments with the Self-Assembling Robotic Environments will be based on pre-programmable instructions, but the hope is to develop the artificial intelligence to a point where the robots will begin to create their own environments without instructions form their human creators.

 
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Status: Unbuilt

 
Detail view of the tall and short robotic segments.
Detail view of the tall and short robotic segments.
The S.A.R.E. robotic segments begin to assemble into the two boxes.
The S.A.R.E. robotic segments begin to assemble into the two boxes.
The tall box is now assembled and the short box is nearly assembled.
The tall box is now assembled and the short box is nearly assembled.
Both the tall box and the short box are now assembled.
Both the tall box and the short box are now assembled.
One segment from the tall box and one from the short box move away.
One segment from the tall box and one from the short box move away.
Both of those segments move in opposite directions.
Both of those segments move in opposite directions.
The tall segment lines up to enter the short box, and the short segment lines up to enter the tall box.
The tall segment lines up to enter the short box, and the short segment lines up to enter the tall box.
The tall and short segments have now become part of the boxes forming a new space.
The tall and short segments have now become part of the boxes forming a new space.
Two more tall and short segments separate from their boxes to begin forming other kinds of spaces.
Two more tall and short segments separate from their boxes to begin forming other kinds of spaces.
A new space is forming between the two boxes as more segments separate and join the other segments.
A new space is forming between the two boxes as more segments separate and join the other segments.
The reformation continues.
The reformation continues.
Now all 12 of the segments from the original tall box and the short box have reassembled into a new space, with many more configurations possible.
Now all 12 of the segments from the original tall box and the short box have reassembled into a new space, with many more configurations possible.