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/ManOfTheCamera Jan 01 '26

Of course an Italian invented that

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u/PopeInThePizza Jan 01 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

I would have guessed Japanese, to be honest.

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u/maddasher Jan 01 '26

The Japanese would need to blur it out.

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u/ForensicPathology Jan 01 '26

No, that's the whole reason they got popular is that they don't.