A tiny robot that weighs no more than a bouncy ball can pull objects nearly 2,000 times its size — the equivalent of a human pulling a blue whale, according to researchers at Stanford University.

This robot, called a MicroTug, can also hoist an object 100 times its weight vertically up a glass surface, which researchers say is the equivalent of a human climbing up a skyscraper while carrying an elephant.




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