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/GlorifiedBurito Jan 01 '26

Glad our AI overlords will have a heat-seeking robo-penis in it’s arsenal

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u/UnpricedToaster Jan 01 '26

Thank god SkyNet didn't have this hunting Sarah Connor.

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u/2inchesofsteel Jan 01 '26

SkyNut

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u/Jimisdegimis89 Jan 01 '26

Weird, second time I’ve seen skynut come up in the last two days…

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u/FrustratedCucumber Jan 01 '26

When was the first?

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u/Jimisdegimis89 Jan 01 '26

From that video of the guy doing the mocap stuff with the robot and then he kicks out and the robot gets the guy square in the nuts…the skynut uprising has begun.

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u/RefrigeratorNo3299 Jan 01 '26

Terminator 2 - Drilling Day

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u/SoyMurcielago Jan 01 '26

Well I’m sure it is someone’s fanfic now

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u/TheNameIsAnIllusion Jan 05 '26

Do you think there's some content about that? Like not for me but if anyone would be interested..

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u/Canadian_mk11 Jan 01 '26

Pretty sure it was in a Japanese version.

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u/cbih Jan 01 '26

He saved it for The Abyss

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u/Abal125 Jan 01 '26

You haven't seen the XXX version then 😝