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Georgia Tech researchers teach robots to be mechanical MacGyvers
There weren't many sticky situations that '80s television action hero MacGyver couldn't slip out of with the help of a disposable lighter, penknife and two tabs of Alka Seltzer. His unconventional application of scientific principles and outside the box thinking were what made him such a formidable opponent week after week. Now, a team of researchers from Georgia Tech's RAIL research lab is working to impart those same survival skills into robots.
