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7677276 No.7677276 [Reply] [Original]

Tell me if this is a retarded idea. If so explain why.

Make a robot that is powered with solar cells. Program it to create another robot that works with solar cells that is programmed to replicate. It will be a slow progress at first because a small solar cell on one robot won't be enough to work really fast, but after a while the robots will replicate so much that by the time it takes to create one robot, the robot swarm will be creating hundreds and thousands of robots, just by using the solar power and just by creating the initial robot.

>> No.7677282

>>7677276

It's a retarded idea. Parts are made in hugely complex factories, not by robots working on their own. You will not be able to make a robot that will manage to replicate itself faster than its parts wear out without very sophisticated technology.

>> No.7677286

You're literally just talking about Solar Powered Self-Replicating NanoBots which are in, like, a shit ton of movies
Maybe not the solar powered part but yeah

>> No.7677289

>>7677276
What is the point of such an undertaking--just to watch robots replicate?

>> No.7677290

>>7677276
Current technological limitations mean that creating a robot of sufficient complexity to create a copy of itself would have a build time higher than its replacement rate.

>> No.7677293

>>7677282
good old sci and their pessimism. self-replicating robots are a serious topic of research for many universities around the world.

>> No.7677298

>>7677293
doesn't mean it's a viable idea. And don't get me wrong, I'm not agaist the idea. I think with 3dprinting technology lots of these logistic gaps can be bridged, but still, self-replicating robots are a bit of a stretch

>> No.7677304

>>7677298
well you first claimed it was retarded

>> No.7677307

>>7677276
entropy

>> No.7677312

>>7677276
Interesting idea.
But which ressources do they use?
How can they detect ressources?
What tools do they have?

So in the end its not retarded, but impossible at the moment. Or need too much energie.

>> No.7677313

>>7677304
im a different guy. i just partially agreed with him

>> No.7677366

>>7677289
We do more just to watch people replicate. Just look at the engineering that goes into networking for porn sites.

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7677375

>>7677276
>just by using the solar power
yay, let's create matter out of solar power!
I wonder what could possibly foil this well-thought and not in any way retarded plan :^)

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7677575

>>7677282
>It's a retarded idea.

Algae does it.

And if you're going to pull that shit of saying man will never arrive at a nanobot as sophisticated as a unicellular organism, you're in the same class as preceding generations who thought space travel was impossible...

>> No.7677615

>>7677575
>space travel

That was spurred by the Cold War. We have no need to flex our technological muscles with self-replicating robots nowadays.

If you're pandering with economic benefits, you'll find that many busnesses are quite fine with the level of automation they have and the returns they get with it.

Self-replicating robots is hindered by cost, not theory.

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7677621

>>7677276

Good job, you reinvented Von Neumann machines 60 years late

>> No.7677630

This isn't really a new idea

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft

>> No.7677631

>>7677621
Beat me to it, you glorious bastard.