Is all the hype realistic, especially since the ability to print objects made of plastics and various other materials has been around for about a decade?
The Ice Bird looks like he might be particularly interesting, with the ability to freeze objects in levels, presumably then opening them up to destruction by other birds.
The project hopes to give machines deployed in disaster situations the ability to find objects in their environment for use as tools, such as placing a chair to reach something high, or building bridges from debris.
