iRobot, famous for its robot vacuum cleaners, is doing something out of the world. Imagine a shape shifting robot that morph into the surrounding. iRobot is working with DARPA to come out with something like that. They used a technology they called Jamming. It uses a simple theory of introduction of air to enable shape changing and removal of air to fix the shape. Difficult to explain here. Watch the video after the break.

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When I hear the word UAV, my first thinking is a aircraft-like unmanned vehicle. Now, with advancement in technology and the requirement for more covet operation, designers are thinking of more fanciful design. One DARPA contractor actually made the UAV or NAV (Nano Aerial Vehicles) into the shape of a hummingbird.

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