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A Robotic Octopus Can Now Crawl, Swim, and Hitch a Ride!

Photo: Diane Picchiottino / Unsplash
Engineers have built an incredible robot octopus that mimics how real sea creatures move through the water. This squishy robot can use its suction cups to grip onto objects and even hitchhike on swimming marine animals! What kind of exciting underwater adventures do you think this robot helper will go on next?
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Newsround (BBC)
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