Summary
This engineering study introduced reconfigurable miniature robots assembled from structural bodies and magnetically controlled ferrofluid droplets. The building-block approach produced systems from 0.8 millimeters to 1.5 centimeters that could combine and independently control locomotion, gripping, sensing, and other functions by exploiting droplet fusion, fission, and magnetic response. A UID UCT-2112 wireless temperature sensor was incorporated as a functional payload.
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