Created by: iRobot and the University of Chicago Size:
Prototypes run from the size of a ping pong ball to basketball
size Purpose: Shape-shift and fit through small spaces The
makers of the Roomba and Scooba took on a grant from the U.S.
Army and the Defense Dept. to create a shape-shifting robot. The
result is the Chembot. It moves by inflating and deflating as
well as by pushing certain sections out and jumping along. Still
in the realm of technology research, iRobot will not produce
these soon. It could be a long while before we see a shape-
shifting robot squeeze through a crack in the door. See Chembot
in action