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  <title><![CDATA[Wriggling Worm Blobs Help Scientists Build Better Robots]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Scientists are learning a lot about swarm intelligence by studying worms, which&nbsp;have been observed grouping together in balls&nbsp;and acting like a liquid. Researchers&nbsp;at Georgia Tech&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/6/e2010542118" target="_blank">published an article</a>&nbsp;after studying the behaviors of the California blackworm &mdash; and designed a robotic model to mirror the worms&rsquo; behavior. The researchers include <a href="https://physics.gatech.edu/user/daniel-goldman">Dan Goldman,</a> Dunn Family Professor, School of Physics; <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/yasemin-ozkan-aydin/">Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin,</a> former Georgia Tech postdoctoral fellow,&nbsp;now&nbsp;assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame;&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.chbe.gatech.edu/people/saad-bhamla">M. Saad Bhamla</a>, assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.&nbsp;</p>
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      <value>2021-08-19</value>
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