{"659081":{"#nid":"659081","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Small robots can\u0027t move by themselves but slide when they team up  ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESmall robots\u0026nbsp;that have two flapping arms and can\u0026rsquo;t move around on their own can spontaneously link up and glide together instead. This self-organization may be related to how complex structures arise\u0026nbsp;from simple building blocks in nature.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crablab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and his colleagues used small robots called smarticles \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;short for \u0026ldquo;smart active particles\u0026rdquo; \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;to observe self-organization in the lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-24 17:08:15","changed_gmt":"2022-06-24 17:08:15","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2325768-small-robots-cant-move-by-themselves-but-slide-when-they-team-up\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"12040","name":"Daniel Goldman"},{"id":"177123","name":"smarticles"},{"id":"190850","name":"smart robots"},{"id":"190851","name":"small robots"},{"id":"190852","name":"self-organization"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}