MIT Researchers Create The Swiss Army Knife Of The Robotics World

While engineering programmable matter, they also invented a motor that holds its position without power. MIT is calling this tiny device the Swiss army knife of the robotics world, though that doesn't really seem to do it justice. Developed at the university's Center for Bits and Atoms, the milli-motein is a caterpillar-sized robot that can be folded into assorted shapes, signaling a future in which devices shapeshift into almost anything imaginable. The milli-motein is made of metal rings and s...