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Powered by Muscle Cells, a Paper-Thin Robot Swims Through a Watery Maze

The robot travels about four body lengths a minute and follows light as researchers test a new, smaller design for biohybrid machines.

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Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, ...

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Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through a watery maze

Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, ...

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MIT builds tiny paper-thin robot that swims using living muscle cells

MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin swimming robot powered by light-responsive muscle cells that can navigate a simple underwater maze.

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