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Researchers Develop Shape-Shifting Elephant Robots
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Researchers at Colorado State University developed flexible tensegrity robots inspired by elephant trunks to aid space exploration. Published in Nature Machine Intelligence in 2026, the study describes how these modular units connect via claws to form adaptable teams for search-and-rescue or manufacturing tasks without magnets.
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