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The Xenobots, Virtual Creatures Brought to Life
- ed 7y agoOriginal paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/01/07/1910837117.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/01/07/191083711... TLDR - The robotic building blocks are skin cells and heart cells, which naturally "beat." Computers evolve simulated body designs, which are then assembled by hand using real cells. You can see the actual robots here: https://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2020/01/07/1910837117.DCSupplemental https://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2020/01/07/1910837117.DCS...