Xenobots Scientists build first living robots that can make babies

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Xenobots 3.0: The scientists in the US who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce in ways that plants and animals cannot. • According to a university press release, in this new form of replication, these robots ingest single-cell organisms and release “babies” that look and move like them. • “People have thought for quite a long time that we’ve worked out all the ways that life can reproduce or replicate,” said study co-author Douglas Blackiston, the senior scientist at Tufts University, in a statement. “But this is something that’s never been observed before.” • The millimeter-wide Xenobots are made of living cells extracted from frog embryos. • “Frogs have a way of reproducing that they normally use but when you … liberate (the cells) from the rest of the embryo and you give them a chance to figure out how to be in a new environment, not only do they figure out a new way to move, but they also figure out apparently a new way to reproduce,” said Michael Levin, a professor of biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University who was co-lead author of the new research. • Xenobots 3.0 are the successors to the original Xenobots, which were reported in 2020 as the first living robots, and Xenobots 2.0, which can self-propel using hair-like ‘legs’ called cilia and can remember. • “We found Xenobots that walk. We found Xenobots that swim. And now, in this study, we’ve found Xenobots that kinematically replicate,” said study author Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont. • “Scientists have been trying to make self-replicating machines since the 1940s, but it’s turned out to be relatively difficult. We’ve only been working on xenobots for two years, and now they can self replicate,” he said. • The xenobots gather single frog skin cells from their surroundings inside their Pac-Man-shaped “mouth,” compress and assemble them into a “baby,” and release them back through their mouths to produce living offspring that move like themselves, according to the researchers. • The offspring then do the same, and the cycle continues indefinitely. • According to the researchers, it is far too early to predict how their breakthrough will be used, with any significant applications likely to be years away. • However, it appears likely that it will play a significant role in many areas, particularly healthcare and the environment. • Researchers believe that xenobots could one day be programmed to scrape plaque from arteries or swim through oceans removing toxic microplastic or detecting toxic chemicals. • #Xenobots • #livingrobots • #Xenobots3.0, • • • xenobots, • xenobots 3.0, • xenobots 2.0, • xenobot, • xenobots living robots, • xenobots video, • xenobots - the first “living robots”, • what are xenobots, • xenobots news, • nanobots, • xenobots full information, • xenobots 2, • #xenobots, • bioelectricity xenobots, • xenobots pc, • as xenobots, • of xenobots, • zenobot, • new xenobots, • xenobots uvm, • xenobots cnn, • a xenobot, • xenobots rana, • xenobots pnas, • xenobots frog, • xenobots upsc, • novos xenobots, • xenobots vídeo, • xenobots robot, • living robots, • living robot, • robots, • first living robots, • xenobots living robots, • xenobots - the first “living robots”, • robotics, • world first living robots, • world's first living robots, • living machines, • xenobots: world's first living robots, • bio robots, • robot, • amazing robots, • world's first living robots by scientific knowledge, • create the world’s first ‘living’ robots, • best robots, • living robots video, • living robots xenobots, • first living robots reproduce, • first living robots can now reproduce, • first living robots from frog stem cells, • first living robot frog stem cells, • scientists build first living robots from frog stem cells, • scientists create first 'living robots' in major breakthrough, • will robots be able to reproduce, • world's first living self-healing robots, • world's first living robot, • xenobots reproduce, • xenobots 3.0, • xenobots reddit, • xenobots frog, • xenobots cnn, • xenobots self replicating, • xenobots reproduction, • xenobots article, • xenobots and nanobots, • xenobots aktie, • are nanobots alive, • are nanobots real, • are xenobots living, • xenobots developed by which country, • xenobots created by, • josh bongard xenobots, • xenobot buy mana potions script, • xenobot buy potions, • xenobot brasil, • xenobot buy mana, • xenobots company, • xenobots company stock, • xenobots cbc, • can nanobots reproduce, • can nanobots evolve, • xenobots frog cells, • nanobots definition, • xenobots developed by, • nanobots disadvantages, • xenobots deutsch, • darpa xenobots, • xenobot darkstar, • what can nanobots do, • xenobots ethics, • xenobots que es, • nanobots electronic arts, • xenobots facts, • xeno bats for sale, • xenobot forums, • xenobot functions, • xenobot free download, • xenobot future, • xenobot github, • Xenobots first living robots,

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