Robots that refuse to fail: AI evolves 'legged metamachines' that reassemble and withstand injury

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter what's thrown at them.


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