So the only things that can more of themselves are living right? Not really. Scientists at Cornell University have created robots that can pick up parts and make more of themselves. It is a process called self-replication and the blocks look like Legos except that one set will pick up individual blocks and make a copy of itself. The robots are pretty simple and do make more of themselves really fast “The four-module robot was able to construct a replica in 2.5 minutes by lifting and assembling cubes from the feeding locations,” said Hod Lipson, the scientist who headed the team. But it shows it can be done and imagine the possibilities.