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Learn about Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
See how mechatronics help engineers create high-tech products such as industrial robots
How does a robotic pipeline for bacterial genetics help scientists at University College Cork?
Learn about an origami robot that forms itself, execute a variety of tasks, and then disappears by degradation
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