08-07-2016 19:18 via livescience.com

Stingray Robot Uses Light-Activated Rat Cells to Swim - Live Science

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Stingray Robot Uses Light-Activated Rat Cells to Swim
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A new robot stingray can swim with help from an unexpected source: muscle cells that were taken from rat hearts, a new study finds. Understanding how to build machines from heart cells could lead to scientists being able to build entire living ...
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