Commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different locations, and then flown to a central plant for final assembly. Researchers at MIT are hoping to change that.

The engineers envision the whole plane being built in one assembly out of an array of small identical pieces – by robots!

Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.

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