However, the joints of the shape-shifting robot also work in the opposite way, allowing multiple robots to fuse together. This was demonstrated in another instance by having three different robots ...

The AI began with a small rubber block and modeled different shapes before arriving ... researchers weren't quite sure why the robot had this peculiar shape — and why it was filled with holes.

In order to enable locomotion in multiple shape configurations ... etc.) in three different fixed body shapes (long, symmetric, wide) and illustrate the robot’s capabilities. Finally, we demonstrate ...