I like tech stories that, at first glance, appear to be parodies written for The Onion. For instance, when the U.A.E. announced it would forthwith host horse races with robot jockeys, to replace the enslaved children that they had previously used for jockeys, I thought this was all a bad joke. But–fortunately for the enslaved children–it was true.
Now we have this story, which seems like a ‘Terminator’ movie plot point, but isn’t.
Tufts to develop morphing ‘chemical robots’ from PhysOrg.com
Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade. The "chembots" could access urban environments, tunnels, caves and debris fields, and carry out other risky operations in complex environments.
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