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143: Xenobots: Science of Living Robots (That Reproduce?)

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Is a robot a robot when it’s made of living cells? Scientists took frog cells and made them into tiny living robots with the apparent ability to build more of themselves from other cells! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32364479/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34043553 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853 News Articles https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/team-builds-first-living-robots-that-can-reproduce/ https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2