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title: "Tiny robot boats build floating structures"
date: 2026-07-09
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709
description: "MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water."
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# Tiny robot boats build floating structures

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.

*Published: 2026-07-09*