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'''The Programmable Parts (2005)'''

[[Image:Klavins-programmable-parts.jpg|250px200px|right|Self Organizing Programmable Parts]] The programmable parts are stirred randomly on an air-hocky table by randomly actuated air jets. When they collide and stick, they can communicate and decide whether to stay stuck, or if and when to detach. Local interaction rules can be devised and optimized to guide the robots to make any desired global shape.

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