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'Transformer' robot made at MIT

Transformers

It may not look like a character from the Transformer franchise, but a tiny robot made in the US is able to change shape. Built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it uses magnets to mimic molecules that fold themselves into complex shapes.

 

Print-your-own-robots developed

Researchers from three of the US's leading universities are teaming up on a $10m project to revolutionise robot production.

 

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