Researchers have built a robot made up of individual ‘particles’ that moves with no centralised control. The robots rely on the same kind of statistical mechanics that allows groups of cells to move, creating some intriguing possibilities.
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‘Particle’ robot swarm moves without computer control
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00954-9
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