Image of the Day: Amoebot
Scientists create an amoeba-inspired robotic cell, with photo-responsive DNA that allows it to move when exposed to light.
SCIENCE ROBOTICS, Y. SATO ET AL.
(See Y. Sato et al., “Micrometer-sized molecular robot changes its shape in response to signal molecules,” Science Robotics, doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aal3735, 2017.)
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