[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: US robot builds copies of itself

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remember all those scary SF movies and the "replicators" ??

** US robot builds copies of itself **
US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself  from spare parts.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4538547.stm >


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