manipulating

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Instead, the black shiny faceless Phantom robot is engaged in "free play", manipulating a bunch of coloured kids blocks.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The researchers believe manipulating the surrounding environment of these materials could provide a new way to improve their capabilities and increase efficiency in future electronics.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

We’ve been worrying about supersmart computers, but we should also worry about super-adorable computers manipulating gullible people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

This system seems to be restricted to human beings, since we are the only beings with language, although chimpanzees may have the capability of manipulating symbols with a certain syntax.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas