Editing Robot (section)

==== Reconfigurable robots ====
{{Main|Self-reconfiguring modular robot}}
A few researchers have investigated the possibility of creating robots which can [[self-reconfiguring modular robot|alter their physical form]] to suit a particular task,<ref>{{cite conference |url=http://www.islandone.org/MMSG/9609lego.htm |title=LEGO(TM)s to the Stars: Active MesoStructures, Kinetic Cellular Automata, and Parallel Nanomachines for Space Applications |first=Tihamer |last=Toth-Fejel |conference=1996 International Space Development Conference |location=New York City |date=May 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215619/http://www.islandone.org/MMSG/9609lego.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> like the fictional [[T-1000]]. Real robots are nowhere near that sophisticated however, and mostly consist of a small number of cube shaped units, which can move relative to their neighbours. Algorithms have been designed in case any such robots become a reality.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Robert |last1=Fitch |first2=Zack |last2=Butler |first3=Daniela |last3=Rus |url=http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/publications/papers/MeltSortGrow.pdf |title=Reconfiguration Planning for Heterogeneous Self-Reconfiguring Robots |website=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619212352/http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/publications/papers/MeltSortGrow.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>