A U.S. Army project took a new approach to developing robots — researchers built robots entirely from smaller robots known as smarticles, unlocking the principles of a potentially new locomotion technique.

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Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University published their findings in the journal Science Robotics . The research could lead to robotic systems capable of changing their shapes, modalities and functions, said Sam Stanton, program manager, complex dynamics and systems at the Army Research Office, an element of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, the Army’s corporate research laboratory.

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“For example, as envisioned by the Army Functional Concept […]

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