Humans have always tried to outwit nature ever since flint and steel were struck together to create fire. Now, a team at Stanford University is trying its hands at one-upping another one of nature's impressive species: ants. If you watched plenty of science documentaries as a kid, you know that a team of ants can haul things that weigh much more than their own combined body weight. It seems that this principal still applies when you use human-developed robot ants.

To prove this, the researchers at Stanford used six robots weighing a half-ounce each to pull a 3,900-pound Chevy Volt using the magic of biomimicry (when technology imitates nature).