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Aquabots
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Underwater robotics, or 'aquabots', are drawing attention as robotic systems designed to swim and operate beneath the surface. Such machines are typically used for exploration, monitoring and inspection tasks in oceans, lakes and other aquatic environments. No further details about a specific robot, team or event were given in the report.
- 2MIT's Paper-Thin Aquabot Swims Using Living Muscle Cells▼Living Muscle Cells Power a Paper-Thin MIT Aquabot Through a Maze
MIT researchers have developed an aquabot — a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells rather than motors or batteries. The cell-driven swimmer can navigate its way through a maze, demonstrating precise, untethered movement at tiny scales. The work highlights how biological actuators could enable soft, miniature robots for medicine or environmental sensing, and it is drawing attention across robotics and biotech communities.