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Living machines called xenobots are blobs of frog stem cells that knit themselves together. Scientists have now found that the bots can self-replicate. A C-shaped xenobot was most efficient at collecting loose stem cells, a behavior that leads to more of the mobile xenobots.
Learn more: sciencenews.org/article/tiny-living-machines-xenobots-replicate-copies-frog-cells
Video: Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman
Living machines called xenobots are blobs of frog stem cells that knit themselves together. Scientists have now found that the bots can self-replicate. A C-shaped xenobot was most efficient at collecting loose stem cells, a behavior that leads to more of the mobile xenobots.
Learn more: sciencenews.org/article/tiny-living-machines-xenobots-replicate-copies-frog-cells
Video: Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman