Robot Can Sustain Damage, Reconfigure Self

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We take it for granted that if we lose a hand or another appendage, we can still function properly. Admittedly, you are in a lot of pain if that happens, but you still work. That hasn't been the case with modular robots, however, which break down when one part stops working. That's about to change. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed software that allows a modular robot to adapt when one part stops working.

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