From Superinnovators 05/05/24
Researchers from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen have created collaborative robot snails to attach to each other and traverse obstacles through a dual-mode connection mechanism.
The bots have magnetic tracks for free mode and vacuum suckers for strong mode creating a balance between mobility and secure connections to help traverse any object.
More info:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47788-2
https://freeformrobotics.org/research
