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In a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the scientist Wenqi Hu, who was involved in the study, operates a setup in which a mini-robot lying in a shell is surrounded by coils.

In a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the scientist Wenqi Hu, who was involved in the study, operates a setup in which a mini-robot lying in a shell is surrounded by coils.