Artificial Intelligence Meets Biology: Xenobots Replicate Through Kinetic Replication
Scientists have announced a groundbreaking development in the field of robotics: the world's first living robots, known as xenobots, can now reproduce in a manner never before observed in plants or animals. These tiny organisms, measuring less than a millimeter in width, were created from the stem cells of African clawed frogs. Initially introduced to the world in 2020, xenobots were found to possess the ability to move, work together, and self-heal. Researchers from the University of Vermont, Tufts University, and Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have now discovered a new form of biological reproduction exhibited by these living robots. Michael Levin, a professor of biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, expressed his astonishment at the findings, stating that frogs typically reproduce in a specific manner. However, when the stem cells were removed from the embryos and placed in a different...