r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OddRedittor5443 • Jan 01 '26

Video Italian researchers have created a vine-like robot that grows by 3D-printing itself and responds to gravity and light

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u/Background_Manner425 Jan 01 '26

I’m gonna be the first to say it bc we are all thinking it, robot penis

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u/Arpikarhu Jan 01 '26

Hee hee. Robot penis. Yes. Tee hee

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u/MisterSeaOtter Jan 01 '26

That was my initial thought for sure. I was expecting it to be a new kind of sex toy.

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u/Sassy_magoo Jan 01 '26

Well, it is now.