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Paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells
Original: Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze
MIT researchers have built a paper-thin robot that swims through watery mazes using living muscle cells as its power source, with no external motor or battery. The biohybrid device can navigate obstacles, a step toward medical applications such as targeted drug delivery inside the body. The combination of soft robotics and biological tissue is drawing wide attention.
Why now: A novel biohybrid robot that swims and navigates mazes represents a striking advance in soft robotics and biomedical engineering.
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