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"Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots."

The Guardian reports.
One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its “chest”...

Roboticists tend to favour metal and plastic for their strength and durability, but Levin and his colleagues see benefits in making robots from biological tissues. When damaged, living robots can heal their wounds, and once their task is done they fall apart, just as natural organisms decay when they die...

২৮টি মন্তব্য:

Curious George বলেছেন...

Pics or it didn't happen.

Rob বলেছেন...

O brave new world,. That has such xenobots in 't!

Jamie বলেছেন...

Yikes. That took less time than I thought.

John henry বলেছেন...

I need to know more about these but they don't sound like "robots" to me.

John Henry

rehajm বলেছেন...

Ew.

RNB বলেছেন...

In Karel Capek's play, "R.U.R." (the first piece of fiction to use the word "robot," I believe) the robots were not metal, but made of artificial blood and flesh. So not a new idea.

Temujin বলেছেন...

I keep reading articles like this and think that Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" is not so much fiction, as a preview of upcoming seasons.

Kevin বলেছেন...

Frobots.

JML বলেছেন...

Also RNB: Frog DNA was used in Jurassic Park. "Life finds a way."

Churchy LaFemme: বলেছেন...

Yes, "R.U.R." and a lot of Van Vogt used 'robot' that way, but generally "flesh robots" came to be called "androids" in SF. (Then of course Lucas confused the whole issue again..)

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Mobile bug-zappers.

jaydub বলেছেন...

"One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its “chest”..."

Great! Now they're mass producing Democrats.

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

Fear the Frog.

Francisco D বলেছেন...

Daleks?

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent বলেছেন...

I’m in my late fifties and I fear that I’m going to be about ten years too old to really take advantage of what stem cells are going to do for us. It’s going to be amazing.

Dust Bunny Queen বলেছেন...

What could possibly go wrong?
/s

Fernandinande বলেছেন...

Great! Now they're mass producing Democrats.

LOL^2. On the other hand they fall apart after about a week.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

Great! Now they're mass producing Democrats.

It's cheaper to import them.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM বলেছেন...

great.

so now when you put the robot into a boiling pot,
... it wont jump out.

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gerry বলেছেন...

Where is PETA on this?

Fernandinande বলেছেন...

A guy walks into a bar with a frog stem-cell robot on his head and the bartender says "Hey, where'd you get that thing?" and the stem-cell robot says "I'm not sure, but it started out as a human stem cell on my stumpy leg."

Fernandinande বলেছেন...

A guy walks into a bar with a frog on his head and the bartender says, "Hey, where'd you get that thing?" and the guy says "I bought it in Nogales."

Fernandinande বলেছেন...

A stem-cell robot walks into a bar and orders a beer and the bartender says "Sorry, we don't serve robots" and the robot says "But some day soon you will."

Rosalyn C. বলেছেন...

As much as things change they stay the same: mankind is always trying to get free labor. If all living things have some level of consciousness would creating a living robot be unethical? Yes.

mikee বলেছেন...

"and once their task is done they fall apart"

...like tears in rain.

mike বলেছেন...

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JAORE বলেছেন...

Dammit Madge, the robot gave me warts again.

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