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Robots that refuse to fail: AI evolves 'legged metamachines' that reassemble and withstand injury

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...
New Scientist

Squidgy 'click-e-bricks' will let robots fix themselves

Pliable bricks that stick together like Lego could be the ultimate play set for advanced robotics. George Whitesides and his colleagues at Harvard University have developed a range of soft robots, ...
AOL

Startup emerges from stealth with $25 million for robots that lay bricks as fast as humans—and fill the huge shortage of laborers

Bricklayers have a tough job. It requires skill and experience. It is hard on the back and knees. Hands too. You have to be outside in all kinds of weather. It’s perhaps not surprising that there aren ...