“Think of what it takes to build with LEGO. First, you must work out which brick you need. You need to pick it up, hold it the right way, and then apply force — but not too much — to connect the bricks together. Brickbot, created by software firm Autodesk, can apparently do all that, and it could unlock new ways to make things.”

Yotto goes on to provide context for how the technology could be applied on manufacturing assembly lines and explains that the Brickbot system is engineered to learn and adapt as necessary, even when it makes mistakes.

Robotic assembly is alive in the lab.