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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Caught on Camera
The Scientist | Jan 20, 2022 | 1 min read
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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.
2020 in Pictures
Amanda Heidt | Dec 18, 2020 | 2 min read
This year yielded stunning images of transparent human organs, apex predators, and the world’s response to the ongoing pandemic.
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.