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Can A Thousand Tiny Swarming Robots Outsmart Nature?
Season 2
Episode 4
How does a group of animals -- or cells, for that matter -- work together when no one's in charge? Tiny swarming robots--called Kilobots--work together to tackle tasks in the lab, but what can they teach us about the natural world?
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