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Paper-Thin Robot Swims Using Living Muscle Cells, Steered by Light
Original: A Paper-Thin Robot Swims Using Living Muscle Cells, Steered by Light
Researchers have developed a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells and steered with light. The biohybrid device contracts like real muscle to propel itself through fluid, with light acting as a remote control for direction. The work points toward tiny soft robots that could one day swim inside the body for medical tasks such as targeted drug delivery, and it is drawing attention for blending living tissue with engineering.
Why now: The striking combination of living muscle tissue and light-controlled robotics feels like science fiction becoming real, drawing broad curiosity.
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