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Single-joint modular legs snap together into acrobatic machines

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Northwestern researchers introduced autonomous modular legs, single-degree-of-freedom links that learn complex behaviors and snap together into acrobatic multilegged machines at the metre scale, while China's Agibot prepares to ship 10,000 humanoids, double its milestone from one quarter earlier.

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Reporting date: 2026-03-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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Single-joint modular legs snap together into acrobatic machines
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Reporting date: 2026-03-29
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Claim: Northwestern researchers introduced autonomous modular legs, single-degree-of-freedom links that learn complex behaviors and snap together into acrobatic multilegged machines at the metre scale, while China's Agibot prepares to ship 10,000 humanoids, double its milestone from one quarter earlier.
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