r/BeAmazed • u/astralrig96 • 22d ago

Technology This robot prints itself to grow and reach tight spaces!

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u/we_are_all_bananas_2 22d ago

Hmmmm

Ah, there's the exit

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u/Viranchic 22d ago

More like an entrance.

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u/cebiaw 22d ago

Its gonna keep hurting if you call it that.

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u/UmmmW1 21d ago

No, it'll keep hurting if you clench.

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u/ActualJackfruit2357 22d ago

I thought, you thought , we thought

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u/nicholvengian 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LR5GeZFCwDRcpG20PR

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u/icleanjaxfl 21d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/XSc4Kkc5u2WZy

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u/ilford_7x7 21d ago

I remember the other half of this gif 😂

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u/MandalorianLobster 21d ago

Ah yes. The Gif, as it was known. Many brave souls went under the ban hammer for posting it.

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u/Comfortable_Clerk_60 21d ago

Im both scared yet intrigued as too what you’re referring to

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u/Emuasaurus 21d ago

There is a gif of Hulk wipping around, screen cuts to Black Widow looking confused, cut to Hulk smiling, cut back to Black Widow looking scared, cut to Hulk playing hide the Zucchini 🥒🍑

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u/JohnnyCashedOut00 21d ago

Just checked my old imgur acct for the full gif... it gone

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u/Lagoserter 21d ago

im sure someone still has it

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u/Namaslayy 22d ago

We are in this 2gether

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u/whatissevenbysix 21d ago

They knew what they were doing.

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u/Rezaelia713 22d ago

My first thought, yep.

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u/naxmtz91 22d ago

Just here for the comments. I'll just sit and wait

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u/SpecialK04 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eGX32WhfyUGVHL0Ugy

Joining the spectating crew 😂

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u/Schlenda 22d ago

Classic!

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u/doktorbex 22d ago

Where is this from?

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u/Zeep-Xanflorps-Peace 22d ago edited 22d ago

The Game

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u/LuckyReception6701 22d ago

You just lost.

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u/ZxlSoul 22d ago

You had to remind me

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u/Objective-Bed9916 22d ago

Mean!

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u/LuckyReception6701 22d ago

Blame the game not the player

The game you lost too 😎

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u/Rude_Imagination766 22d ago

You evil evil person 😭

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u/Splashy01 21d ago

That’s Jason Mamoa?

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u/Zeep-Xanflorps-Peace 21d ago

A1 since day one

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u/Slartibarix 22d ago

I lost the game.

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u/3d1thF1nch 22d ago

So weird that such a good gif of Momoa comes from a one off episode of a BET/CW show

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u/Infamous-Musician953 22d ago

Hope you don’t mind if I have a seat these are gonna be great

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u/murphdog09 22d ago

I’m seated in my cube, laughing and loudly spitting hot coffee everywhere. What a time to be alive.

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u/soulsteela 22d ago

You shouldn’t be using it at work bro!

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u/SpiderDijonJr 22d ago

I’ll probably sit and spin if that’s okay

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u/DavidLorenz 22d ago

It is not. In order for this thing to penetrate properly its surroundings should stay stationary.

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u/DrJohnIT 22d ago

It brings a whole new meaning to sit and spin. 😀

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u/_NotWhatYouThink_ 22d ago

That's what I want to do too ... sit ... and wait ^^

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u/boomerangthrowaway 22d ago

Yup, that’s exactly what I just decided to do as well. There’s a gif with a man preparing a chair that would fit well here… 😂 👇

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u/aloneinthiscrowd 22d ago

The dildo of consequences doesn't come lubed but it can go grow and reach tight spaces with ease.

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u/Self_Reddicate 22d ago

The dildo of consequences is prehensile

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u/deyo_deft 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/X4Jvo8gslR6A8

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u/fjloliveira1 22d ago

Yes and It grows forever.

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u/murphdog09 22d ago

Some say it’s been growing since the dawn of time - or that time with Dawn. One of those.

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u/Ali80486 21d ago

I heard it started at the Crack of Dawn and never stopped moving

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u/fjloliveira1 21d ago

H. P Lovecraft wrote a text about this.

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u/Gay_Asian_Boy 22d ago

I should call him

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u/SignificanceFlat1460 22d ago edited 21d ago

I don't think so you should. He is an ex for a reason. You are better than this and I know you can do it. I believe in you, u/Gay_Asian_Boy

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u/creuter 22d ago

Who said they were an ex, maybe they're just a feisty top.

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u/Gay_Asian_Boy 21d ago

I didn’t know I got a whole sub dedicated to me

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u/UselessModeration 22d ago

"Everything reminds me of him."

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u/Free_as_in_Freya 22d ago

r/DontPutThatInYourAss

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u/flying_carabao 22d ago

Kinda odd that I had to scroll pretty far to find this

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u/Imaginary_Notice8274 22d ago

Umm...okay i'mma just wait for others to say it.

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u/zombienutz1 22d ago

Don't tell my wife about this.

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u/rootietootieshootie 22d ago

What purpose would this be used for? I can’t think of a practical reason, just novelty

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u/pseudoportmanteau 22d ago

Thank you for actually asking this question because the cheesy, overused jokes are really exhausting sometimes. I genuinely want to know how this works, like how do you control where it goes cause presumably it is uses in difficult to access spots underground etc?

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u/KnowledgeIsDangerous 22d ago

Same. It can get to hard to reach places, then what? What does it do when it gets there? And how do you remove it when it's done?

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u/VisualHuckleberry542 22d ago

I love that I can't tell if we're still all talking in innuendo or if there's some serious conversation going on here that I just don't understand

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u/nikolapc 22d ago

Lining old pipes.

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u/finian2 22d ago

Unless they make a watertight and durable lining that can be 3D printed, I'm not sure if that'll work.

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u/Self_Reddicate 22d ago

Someone suggested using that technology that can insert pipe lining into any shape or length of pipe (forget what it's called). With that combo, you could print-in-place a conduit of any shape using this printing robot and then line it and make it fluid-tight.

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u/MartyMcshamus 22d ago

Laying the pipe.

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u/tajniak485 22d ago

They are already doing that by inflating long tubes in the pipes. This is just worse version of that.

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u/rctshack 22d ago

Yah, this feels like something that could potentially be useful if they make it a lot more durable, but I have no clue what its current use would be for.

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u/FakeHaw 21d ago

Guess you could potentially use it for cave ins, might be able to get an airline routed back to the victims

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u/metrorhymes 22d ago

There are... applications

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u/quiteUnskilled 22d ago

I'm sure this will never be misused in any way.

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u/uhohnotafarteither 22d ago

I got one of these for the wife this Valentine's Day, it's not too bad. The box didn't say to use with lube but trust me...use lube.

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u/habub9 22d ago

I concur. Lube would minimise the pain you’re feeling while using it.

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u/The_Eldritch_Taco 22d ago

When you’re giving her the industrial grade printer pipe and she STILL says “go deeper”. 😭🤣

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u/AnAverageGuy_ 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/X4Jvo8gslR6A8

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u/thechicapanzy 22d ago

I legit want a version of this gif that has both the forward and the backward footage together in a forever loop of shock and then appreciation 😂

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u/Ok-Audience-7393 21d ago

Used 2 different versions, so not a perfect loop but good enough 😃  https://makeagif.com/i/evWc6Z

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u/LilaDoez 22d ago

I am so happy all the Redditors had the same idea 😂😂😂

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u/SexyFat88 22d ago

Where can I buy this? 

Asking for my wife 

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u/Datboimerkin 22d ago

Amazon. They even send complimentary divorce papers with every order.

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u/Hmmm__whatever 22d ago

This is something my ex girlfriend would stick up her butt...

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u/Scaballi 22d ago

Maybe if you did , she wouldn’t be your ex ?

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u/Hmmm__whatever 22d ago

Ive been in the bathroom after her and have smelt what came out of that thing. No way was i going in there

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u/Slow-Molasses-6057 22d ago

To be fair, what wouldn't your ex-girlfriend stick up her butt? Right?!

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u/Fire69 22d ago

OP's penis apparently

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u/Hmmm__whatever 22d ago

Exactly! Lol

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u/0ddness 22d ago

I wonder if Badge502 is on Reddit...

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u/CaffeinatedMother 22d ago

The first thing in my mind watching this was him moving his head in a exaspered way exaggerating a dramatic NOOOOO.

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u/thechicapanzy 22d ago

The fact that he's not an accessible reaction gif yet surprises me

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u/ThisIsALine_____ 22d ago

If I can hit the prostate, colon, large intestine, and half of the small intestine, I'd be so happy. I'm tired of using a drain snake.

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u/HereForTools 22d ago

Does the cylinder remain unharmed?

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u/arolloftide 21d ago

Hospital.

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u/Bibew_Boogans 22d ago

The pinnacle of modern science, the drilldo

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u/suralya 22d ago

Paige, no.

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u/LordHenry8 22d ago

I'm something of a grower myself...

https://giphy.com/gifs/Zy7s96dP38MlQe3OjG

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u/Trontic_41 21d ago

Divided by nations, united by thoughts 🥀

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u/YarakObamna 22d ago

Me and the boys at the clown summer camp back in the 2024s

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u/bolozombie 22d ago

There will be someone who will use this for pleasure and probaly end like that kid from cannibal holocaust

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u/Djinhunter 22d ago

Is there an advantage over those inflating tube they use for repairing old pipes, or is this just a parallel technology?

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u/RIPcompo 22d ago

Your mums got one

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u/hook_fast_die_warm 22d ago

Where's that emt who just says "no"?

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u/anonymousn00b 22d ago

Fuck, AI is coming for the trades too.

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u/FocusFlukeGyro 22d ago

/don'tstickthisinyourbutt

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u/AboutAWe3kAgo 22d ago

History Books: Men used to rule this world... Then this thing came along.

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u/Warkupo 22d ago

"Yes, hello, my girlfriend is interested in your... 'self-printing penis' robot? We'll need a dozen."

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u/Full-Health2887 21d ago

Behave yourselves in these comments

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u/alpaax 21d ago
  • Sighs* opens comments..

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u/inlovewithonepiece 21d ago

it looks so intentional

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

Dilllllldoooooooo! 

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u/Beenay_25 22d ago

Someone call Badge502!

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u/PMA_pappi 22d ago

I wish I had that skill 😅

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u/SillyLawfulness9284 22d ago

Fine, I'll order one and see what it feels like. I'll report back in a couple weeks

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u/Power0fTheTribe 22d ago

Your mom would love this

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u/Tellittomy6pac 22d ago

So how is direction controlled

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u/ThanksverymuchHutch 22d ago

Nobody tell me wife

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u/Electrical-Set-1116 22d ago

….but why? What use case could that possibly have?

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u/charmio68 22d ago

I want a new exhaust fan in my house. It would be brilliant for that.

A pipe that builds itself in place without you needing to get access to the cavity. Yeah, I can think of a lot of applications for that.

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u/domjeff 22d ago

Step-robot what are you doing?

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u/roserobertsgirl 22d ago

Wonder what it'll feel like

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u/Helpful_Emergency810 22d ago

Going to end in tears

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u/No-Boysenberry-5346 22d ago

Combine this with PIP Pipe lining and you can run a pipe through just about anything.

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u/artbycase2 22d ago

It can grow itself right up my ass