Feb 13
There is nothing quite like nature itself to provide the kind of inspiration for humanity to improve itself. After all, was it not the thought of soaring in the skies with the rest of the birds that led man to create the aeroplane? Well, this time around, termites are the catalyst for robots which are able to stack up blocks without the need for a central plan, and we are not even talking about a random mess here, but rather, simple structures coming to life along the way. Scientists have used the way termites work as a model to develop tiny robots which are able to churn out a simple structure without the need for any prior blueprint.
Termite-Inspired Robots Build Without Supervision original content from Ubergizmo. 
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