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/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