Interesting Engineering

MIT’s robot boat swarm turns waterways into adaptive floating infrastructure

MIT's FloatForm swarm robot boats self-assemble into floating platforms for bridges, emergency response and adaptive ...
Knowridge Science Report

MIT’s tiny robot boats can join together to build floating bridges and platforms

Imagine dozens of small robot boats floating across a river, joining together to create a bridge, a stage, or a temporary ...
Hackaday

Robot Dog In Browser

You’ve doubtlessly seen the current crop of robot dogs and, if you are like us, thought about getting one to play with. The ...
Tech Xplore

Small aquatic robots that assemble into reconfigurable structures on the water

Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like ...
Tech Xplore

Birdlike robot swims underwater, then flaps into flight without paddling

Loons, gulls, puffins and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can ...