Found: Tug Bugs

Tug Bugs

Could swarms of microbot workers become game-changers in the future of building? The Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University have developed a 12g MicroTug robot which uses controllable adhesive – similar to ants – to pull two thousand times its own weight. “This is the equivalent of a human adult dragging a blue whale around on land. I (sl)
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