Robots (2005)

Meet FiloBot. A bio inspired robot developed by researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia that 3D prints its own body as it moves, growing up to 30 cm per hour. It senses light and gravity, pushes through obstacles, and adapts on the fly without pre built structures or predefined paths. What looks funny at first is actually a serious step forward for soft robotics. This kind of self growing design is meant for places humans and rigid robots struggle to reach, like disaster zones or unst