AI illustration / imagined libraryToday, I would like different legs.
In an imaginary lending library, intelligence is portable. The stairs are less accommodating. Choose a body and discover the return conditions.
Different bodies.
Borrow some legs. Grow around an obstacle. Consider negotiating with a pigeon.
A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE
Human view: start with the familiar.
AI illustration / imagined library
AI illustration / conceptWhy drag a body when you can grow one?
A Stanford robot reaches forward by turning itself inside out. Sometimes the interesting part is what doesn’t move.
AI illustration / fictionThe door has formed a committee.
A service robot visits a Manila apartment. The doorway has several opinions and one very specific trick.
Field-test photograph / February 2023The snake that turns walls into a road.
JPL’s EELS grips its surroundings with rotating screws. A glacier test shows both the promise and the practical limits.
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
AI illustration / fictionDiplomatic relations with a pigeon.
The plaza robot has identified a local stakeholder. Negotiations are progressing at the speed of a pigeon.
AI illustration / conceptFour tiny wings. A very large asterisk.
Remarkable insect-scale flight is real. Understanding what stayed outside the robot makes it more interesting.