Week in Geek - Microrobots
Formicidae seen at La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica. Credit: Geoff Gallice
My weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show.
Week in Geek: Microrobots edition
You’re probably familiar with the already amazing fact of how most ants can move hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of times their body weight, but would you believe they could even move a car? Okay, so maybe *actual* ants can’t pull a car, but these microrobots based on ants can… and did!
Also features: T-rex, "the doorway effect," forgetful computers, and robotic trash cans.
Read the full article here.
