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## Tiny robot boats build floating structures

DevFeed: [Tiny robot boats build floating structures](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-37983.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709>)

Author: Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL

Published: 2026-07-09T15:50:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>)

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### AI overview

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small robotic boats that can assemble into reconfigurable structures on the water and later break apart and reassemble into new configurations with minimal human direction.

### Source excerpt

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.