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How robot math and smartphones led researchers to a drug discovery breakthrough

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
Moving a robot is like manipulating a molecule.Willyam Bradberry/Shutterstock.com

Robotic movement can be awkward.

For us humans, a healthy brain handles all the minute details of bodily motion without demanding conscious attention. Not so for brainless robots – in fact, calculating robotic movement is its own scientific subfield.

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