MIT Builds Tiny Paper-Thin Robot that Swims Using Living Muscle Cells

MIT Engineers Design Swimming Robot Powered By Living Muscle Cells

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers developed a robot powered by living muscle cells that move in response to flashes of light.

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, ...

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.