Welcome to Engineering Futures Weekly, featuring the latest innovations, trends and announcements. This week: Shape-shifting bots, cylinder sails and a hybrid aircraft.
1. Transforming bots create more than 1,000 shapes
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a shape-shifting robot consisting of 36 plastic cubes. Powered by just three motors, it can change shape into more than 1,000 structures.
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