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Scientists at Cornell University in the USA have built the first ever 'family' of self-replicating robots. It's a giant leap forward from simple self-assembly because the new generation of robots can reproduce themselves too.



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The Cornell team with some of their robots. From left to right: Bryant Adams, Hod Lipson and Victor
Zykov.
The Cornell team with some of their robots. From left to right: Bryant Adams, Hod Lipson and Victor Zykov.
Image: Kevin Stearns/University Photography

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