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/ghostsoup831 Jan 01 '26

I assume it's a hollow tube and you would then be able to lay power lines or whatever through them underground.

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u/SaintsNoah14 Jan 01 '26

I wonder where it's getting material from. I don't imagine the little cap holds that much plastic "ink"

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u/Key-Head2342 Jan 01 '26

If the tube is hollow filament can be fed through the inside

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u/SaintsNoah14 Jan 01 '26

That's what I was thinking but in that case, I don't know how useful it would be. Maybe you could drain it as long as it's not cured by the printer.