Your flexible friend.

Source :: Economist. 2/24/2001, Vol. 358 Issue 8210, p84-84. 2/5p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Mentions the research of Mark Yim of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California on a reconfigurable modular robot. Efforts to create a robot for use in search and rescue operations, deep-sea mining, and space exploration; Description of the PARC Polybot, which can change its outward form.