{"id":255,"date":"2015-10-09T17:48:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T00:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magicalrobot.org\/BeingHuman\/?p=255"},"modified":"2022-03-09T22:16:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T06:16:29","slug":"tensegrity-robots-in-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magicalrobot.org\/BeingHuman\/2015\/10\/tensegrity-robots-in-science-fiction","title":{"rendered":"Tensegrity Robots in Science Fiction!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the descriptions used by the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)<\/a> program that has supported our research for the last three years is: “Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact!”<\/p>\n

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In a fun reversal, our “Science Fact” research has been turned into “Science Fiction” — Neal Stephenson<\/a> has including rolling Tensegrity Robots modeled off our SUPERball design<\/a> in his newest book Seveneves: A Novel<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

For those who do not recognize his name right away, Neal is a world famous science fiction author and wrote influential works such as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon.<\/a><\/p>\n

As soon as the book was published in May I had friends writing to me excited to see our ideas appearing in a Science Fiction novel by such a famous author!\u00a0 How Fun!\u00a0<\/em> So, I immediately ordered a copy of the book and read it. It was a thrilling, edge of the seat, ride, (admittedly our tensegrity robots only play a small role in the storyline, but it is fun that they show up!) and I can strongly encourage anyone to buy a copy and enjoy it!<\/p>\n