Xenobots: Building the first-ever self-replicating living robots (VIDEO)
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SCIENTISTS AT UVM, TUFTS, AND HARVARD DISCOVERED A NEW FORM OF BIOLOGICAL REPRODUCTION—AND CREATED SELF-REPLICATING LIVING ROBOTS. MADE FROM FROG CELLS, THESE COMPUTER-DESIGNED ORGANISMS GATHER SINGLE CELLS INSIDE A PAC-MAN-SHAPED “MOUTH”—AND RELEASE XENOBOT “BABIES” THAT LOOK AND MOVE LIKE THEMSELVES. THEN THE OFFSPRING GO AND DO THE SAME—OVER AND OVER.
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Editing by Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist & Cody Silfies; footage by Douglas Blackiston & Sam Kriegman
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