Tiny robots pull objects up to 2,000 times their own weight

Tiny robots pull objects up to 2,000 times their own weight

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The equivalent of a human dragging a blue whale Engineers from Stanford University have created miniature robots named "MicroTugs" capable of pulling and lifting objects more than 100 times their own weight. The strongest of the bots weighs just 12 grams but can pull objects 2,000 times heavier than …

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