Ultimately, the team hope soft robots will be able to manipulate the bricks themselves, leading to self-replication bots that could swap parts in and out as needed. Journal reference: Advanced Materials http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201401642/abstract (via Squidgy ‘click-e-bricks’ will let robots fix themselves – tech – 07 August 2014 – New Scientist)
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