# Moth-inspired robot grows UV sensor in body via artificial circulatory system

- Source: Tech Xplore Robotics
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:00:01.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/fkhtj0mvb5fjl93q4fotua39s
- Original: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-robot-moth-uv-sensor-artificial.html

## Summary

A team from the University of Tartu in Estonia and the Italian Institute of Technology had a moth-inspired robot use an artificial circulatory system to deliver chemical raw materials such as pyrrole, synthesizing a polypyrrole UV sensor in situ where UV light struck, giving the robot a sensing capability it did not originally have.