MIT robot swims through water via living muscle cells

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This soft robot swims by beating its fins in response to flashes of light

An MIT robot powered by a single layer of living muscle cells swam through a watery maze, following a light held in a researcher’s hand. It is slow, tiny and nowhere near ready for the open ocean, but its thin design could point toward softer, cheaper swimming machines.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

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