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Shape-shifting bots, cylinder sails and a hybrid aircraft: Engineering Futures Weekly

Shape-shifting bots, cylinder sails and a hybrid aircraft: Engineering Futures Weekly

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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