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How does a robotic pipeline for bacterial genetics help scientists at University College Cork?
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Learn about an origami robot that forms itself, execute a variety of tasks, and then disappears by degradation
A cockroach-inspired robot
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Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis
An industrial robot
Entertainment robots
three stages of mobile robot development for the Mars Rover Research Project
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Attila the robot
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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
A cockroach-inspired robot
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