Living Robots That Can Reproduce
Tiny biological machines called Xenobots can gather cells to create smaller versions of themselves.
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Tiny biological machines called Xenobots can gather cells to create smaller versions of themselves.
Scientists have developed the first living robots known as Xenobots - made up of almost 3,000 frog cells - that can reproduce via a self-replicating process.
To persist, life must reproduce. Over billions of years, organisms have evolved many ways of replicating, from budding plants to sexual animals to
AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine
© Doug Blackiston Using a fluorescent protein, Xenobots record exposure to blue light, by turning green.Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, push a payload, and even exhibit collective behavior in the presence of a swarm of other Xenobots. Get ready for Xenobots 2.0. The same team has now created life forms that self-assemble a body from single cells, do not require muscle cells to move, and even demonstr...