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# Tiny robot boats build floating structures

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 9, 2026  
**Original:** https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.

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