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Researchers in Japan have given a plastic robot finger a layered coating made from actual, living skin cells. Next, they aim to add hair and sweat glands.

The Scientist spoke with cognitive neuroscientist Ronen Segev about how he taught goldfish to maneuver a moveable tank over land toward a visual target.

Biological robots made from frog cells can replicate by smooshing loose cells into new robots—a reproduction method not seen in any other organism.

Automated control of light-responsive nematode worms marks the first foray into the development of multicellular, biorobotic organisms.

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

Researchers are engineering microbes to deliver therapeutics specifically to tumors, maximizing the treatments’ efficacy while minimizing side effects.

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.

Jellyfish fitted with energy efficient controllers could one day find a job on ocean explorations.

A bioengineered heart made of pig and synthetic tissues beats like the real thing.

Scientists carve the shapes from piles of frog cells, like a sculptor building a statue.

Scientists create a micro-CT scan image of Drosophila in fine detail.

This fish-inspired robot swims at greater speeds than previous ones.

The developers envision their device could be used to collect water samples in hazardous environments.

See a tiny, jellyfish-like robot swim, burrow, and carry beads.

Developers made an insect-like robot with two pairs of wings.

Scientists create a soft-bodied robotic fish that pumps synthetic blood and swims on its own.

The Carnegie Mellon computational biologist thinks machine learning algorithms can direct high-throughput experiments to solve the field’s unanswered questions.

The robotic catheter can guide its own movements within the heart of a live mammal to the site of a leaky valve replacement.