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Just in time for Marvel’s Ant Man Movie

April 28, 2015
Ant man Meets the Tiny Robots

Ant man Meets the Tiny Robots

The BBC reports that tiny robots called “micro tugs” can pull 2000 times their own weight; the equivalent of a person lifting a blue whale! Thanks to feet designs based on the gecko, micro tugs are also capable of effortlessly climbing walls like Spider-man.

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