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Stem cells are compressed into a ball (green) by a C-shaped biobot (red).
From Code to Creature
A happenstance collaboration between biologists and roboticists led to the birth of a strange creation: living machines derived from frog stem cells.
From Code to Creature
From Code to Creature

A happenstance collaboration between biologists and roboticists led to the birth of a strange creation: living machines derived from frog stem cells.

A happenstance collaboration between biologists and roboticists led to the birth of a strange creation: living machines derived from frog stem cells.

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“Xenobot” Living Robots Can Reproduce
Chloe Tenn | Dec 2, 2021 | 2 min read
Biological robots made from frog cells can replicate by smooshing loose cells into new robots—a reproduction method not seen in any other organism.
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Algorithm Designs Robots Using Frog Cells
Emma Yasinski | Jan 13, 2020 | 3 min read
Scientists carve the shapes from piles of frog cells, like a sculptor building a statue.
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