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Paper-thin robot powered by muscle cells swims through mazes
Original: Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze
MIT researchers have built a paper-thin swimming robot that moves using living muscle cells rather than motors. The soft robotic swimmer can navigate through watery mazes, demonstrating precise control of biohydraulic movement in a device thin enough to be flexible like paper. The work highlights growing progress in biohybrid robotics, where engineered living tissue is combined with synthetic materials to create machines that move in ways conventional robots cannot.
Why now: The novel combination of living muscle cells and robotics represents a striking breakthrough drawing wide attention.
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