MIT’s paper-thin robot swims with power from living cells

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A MIT team built a soft, paper-thick robot that swims and rotates when responding to flashes of light. Its propulsion depends on a layer of living muscle cells grown on an optimized gel skeleton to better transmit strength. *** The prototype has two fins covered by genetically modified muscle cells to contract before light. Researchers adjusted the material, stiffness and furrows of the gel to align cells and increase strength. The robot went th…