The researchers behind the frog embryo ‘xenobots’ are now focusing on similar automatons made from human material—with unexpected results. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 30, 2023 3:20 PM EST Get the ...

Using blobs of skin cells from frog embryos, scientists have grown creatures unlike anything else on Earth, a new study reports. These microscopic “living machines” can swim, sweep up debris and heal ...

With mere weeks left, 2021 has now managed to sneak in one more headlines-spurring feat: the unveiling of spontaneously self-replicating Xenobots. As you may or may not already be aware, ...

The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, typically lives in the streams and ponds of sub-Saharan Africa, scavenging for food that it rips apart with its feet. In January, researchers at the University ...

Computer scientists and biologists have teamed up to make a new class of living robotics that challenge the boundary between digital and biological. A xenobot, derived from the skin cells of frog ...

Meet the xenobots: Tiny living robots have been created using cells taken from frog embryos. Each so-called xenobot is less than a millimeter across, but one can propel itself through water using two ...