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ChIMERA Bot Slithers and Slides Using Slippery Silicone Skin

Throughout the years, we've seen our fair share of creepy robots, from kits that let you build a girlfriend to bizarre looking, big-eyed dancing robots. But after watching a recent video from Virginia Tech's RoMeLa Lab, we're still cringing. Why? Well, one of their latest robots, dubbed ChIMERA (Chemically Induced Motion Everting Robotic Amoeba), looks like a slug and uses a mechanism charmingly ...