A Swarm of Brainless Creatures Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant—and They Did It by Liquefying

They found their way into the filter drums of the pumping station.
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New microrobot swarms use whirlpools to lift objects 45,000 times heavier

Researchers have commanded swarms of magnetic microrobots to manipulate, rotate, and assemble objects without ...
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Swarming microrobots use spinning flows to turn gears without touching

E pluribus unum—"out of many, one"—is not only a motto for the United States; it's a good credo for microrobots. A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent ...
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Cyborg cockroach swarms for reconnaissance tested in US and European trials

German defense technology startup SWARM Biotactics has deployed programmable cyborg insect swarms for paying ...