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This tiny robot moves mini-droplets with ease

A short GIF of a small black cylindrical robot collecting three droplets of purple water.

A minature robot collects water droplets laced with red ink and rolls them into one. Credit: Lin Gui

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Nature 642, 843 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01843-0

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  1. Sun, X. et al. Nanotechnol. Precis. Eng. 8, 043012 (2025).

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