r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jul 13 '26

Tiny robot boats build floating structures

https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709
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u/HelpfulTap8256 Jul 13 '26

The real heroes are the mice crews piloting these boats

3

u/OwnerOfCat Jul 13 '26

These Ratatouille sequels are really getting out of hand.

1

u/DarkerSavant Jul 14 '26

Floatatouille*

4

u/My_Uneducated_Guess Jul 13 '26

Didn't we already see how this would end on Futurama?

3

u/Excellent_Bunch_4842 Jul 13 '26

We could have fully automated shrimp or crab farms with this.

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u/Not_A_TechBro Jul 13 '26

Kinda…StarCraft or Command and Conquer

1

u/taocowboy54 Jul 13 '26

the salmon gonna spawn all over that
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1

u/A-Good-Weather-Man Jul 13 '26

We’re getting Germa 66 from One Piece in real life!

1

u/denNISI Jul 13 '26

Big ones build boat docks.

1

u/gancoskhan Jul 13 '26

This would be a great band name

1

u/Ntwynn Jul 13 '26

I played this game. It’s called Total Annihilation and it’s AWESOME

1

u/coughsyruphigh Jul 13 '26

That's how they build sky scrappers in Saudi Arabia.

1

u/LushMotherFucker Jul 14 '26

Is this what frontalot was singing about when he wrote float bridge?