Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Dartmouth College have created modular robots that can assemble into structures and move through real-world terrain ...

Cut most robots in half, and you’re left with expensive debris. Cut this one apart, and the pieces just keep walking. These ...

Self-assembly exists across domains, from colloidal particles in material science to fire ants assembling themselves into rafts during floods. The rules that govern self-assembly between these ...