Science fiction becomes reality!Researchers develop biosynthetic robot

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Beijing time on July 20 news, according to foreign media reports, in science fiction, we have long been familiar with new species that are half-human and half-machine, but in reality, due to ethical and other issues, humans are still making slow progress in this regard. Recently, however, Case Western Reserve University has made a breakthrough in this field, and they have created a biosynthetic robot.

The robot is made of sea cucumber muscle tissue and3D printingThe biosynthetic robot can move as long as the muscles of the sea cucumber are electroshocked with an external current. However, the robot’s movement speed can be described as turtle speed, it can only walk 0.43 centimeters per minute.

The researchers who designed the biosynthetic robot say that the robot is unmatched in terms of endurance and can perform tasks that ordinary Robots cannot.At the same time, the traditional robotmechanicalReplacing the components with muscle cells also means that the robot can harvest energy from the natural environment like an animal. “We’re building a living machine,” said Webster, a doctoral student at Case Western Reserve University. In addition, the organic nature of the robot allows it to degrade naturally after decommissioning, without polluting the environment.

The researchers chose this sea cucumber from California because of its super toughness, it can survive in different temperatures and water quality, and its survivability is extremely strong. “Our biosynthetic robot inherits the advantages of both biological and machine, and can complete those seemingly impossible tasks.” said Roger, director of the University’s Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory.

However, since it has just started, this robot can only crawl on the ground for the time being. In the future, in addition to constantly overcoming the challenges of combining machines and muscles, developers will also need to create a practical control system. It is reported that in the next step, they will try to connect the central nervous system of the sea cucumber to the robot to create a biological control device.