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MIT Builds Tiny Paper-Thin Robot that Swims Using Living Muscle Cells
The robot travels about four body lengths a minute and follows light as researchers test a new, smaller design for biohybrid machines.
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Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through a watery maze
Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, ...
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Robots capable of jumping, swimming, walking or seizing objects can now be moved by real laboratory-grown muscles. These machines are called biohybrid robots, because they combine elements made with living tissues....
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