population of the world continues to grow, we're going to continue to need more and more food and david doorhoodarcher and robotist, thinks he may have the answer. he's been working on the amp, or the autonomous micro planter. this robot is designed to work in a swarm. >> this thing looks exactly like those little spider robots in ""minority report"" that chase you down and take out your eyeballs. >> human-like head. little eyeballs. >> let me tell you a little bit more. the first phase is to have a robot like this that plants the seed, communicates with the other robots in the swarm so they know where seeds have been planted, fertilize the seed and move on. >> that thing had a pointed shovel in its belly that dug a hole in the ground. >> do you want to starve to death? >> i know how to plant plants. >> they can dig a hole in the ground, they can dig a hole in a human. >> human skull. >> let's bring this back home. >> think of some theories of how the robots could save the world, cure world hunger in countries that have millions of starving children. >> robots can plant around the clock. so mayb