Programmable matter
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife
November 30, 2012
Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.
Self-sculpting sand
April 2, 2012
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.
Shape-shifting robots
August 5, 2010
Self-folding sheets of a plastic-like material point the way to robots that can assume any conceivable 3-D structure.
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