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'Transformer' robot made at MIT

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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.

 

Pentagon Developing Shape-Shifting 'Transformers'

Pentagon Developing Shape-Shifting 'Transformers'

DARPA is well into second phase of project to develop 'programmable matter' that could reshape itself to fit any situation.

 

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