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MIT releases thin-film swimming robot driven by muscle cells
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The MIT Raman Lab published research in Advanced Functional Materials, designing a thin-film swimming robot driven by a single layer of living muscle cells. The muscle cells were genetically engineered to contract in response to light flashes, which researchers used to control the robot's direction and speed. Researchers placed the robot in a large petri dish filled with water and manually moved the light source to guide its swimming; the robot swam through a water maze. Its top swimming speed was about four body lengths per minute. Researchers say the current design is still relatively basic in appearance.
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An MIT team published research in Advanced Functional Materials describing a paper-thin swimming robot driven by a single layer of living muscle cells, which can control direction and speed through flashing light and swim through watery mazes.
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