Tiny, walking motorised robot that could help assemble other robots developed by MIT researchers

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The robot consists of five small modular parts that can be assembled and disassembled to create a variety of functional devices

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a small, motorised robot that is able to 'walk' on a surface and could help to assemble other robots. The ground-breakin...

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