3-D printer helps create a biobot

Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 01:30 in Biology & Nature

Layers of hydrogel and rat heart cells are paired to create what looks like a front-loaded inchworm that can move forward when the cells contract.These bots were made for walking — out of rat heart cells and hydrogel.

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