Growing muscle cells power microrobots

12:21 - Wednesday 19 January 2005 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: growing, muscle, cells, power, microrobots Category : Miscellaneous

By growing rat tissue onto a microscopic silicon chip, scientists have created tiny robots that can move using their own muscle power.

The robots, which are less than a millimetre long, are the first to include such living cells as complex as muscle tissue, researchers say.

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