Drones Autonomously Build a Bridge, So the Robot Army Never Has to Stop

In the future state of war against the machines , humans might have hit a abbreviated respite by power through the menstruate rivers where electronic killer robots can not tread . These nosepiece - building quadrotors have now closed off that avenue of escape .

The pair of drones you could see in the video apply a bobbin of rope – about 120 m between the two of them — to fabricate a rope bridge across a seven - measure interruption , capable of hold up a human . The drone were able to scan the interruption , work out the structure , and do their weird robo - rope - dancing all without any human interposition .

for certain , it expect the perfect mainstay at either end ( and some very complicated programming ) , but more than anything else , it ’s an telling demonstration of the kinds of complex construction two drones can waver , knot and braid with nothing more than a spool of rope . Yep , we ’re all doomed .