{"id":216697,"date":"2021-04-01T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-self-heal-and-record-memories\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:10:59","slug":"new-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-self-heal-and-record-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-self-heal-and-record-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"#New living robots made from frog cells can self-heal and record memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07fae47ce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07fae47ce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-self-heal-and-record-memories\/#Programming_nature\" >Programming nature<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#New living robots made from frog cells can self-heal and record memories<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-2021-04-01T155554.087-796x417.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                Scientists have used the stem cells of frogs to create new living\u00a0robots that can heal themselves and even record memories.<\/p>\n<p>Named \u201cXenobots\u201d after the Xenopus laevis frog that supplies their cells, the machines are an upgraded version of devices that were first unveiled last year.<\/p>\n<p>Like their predecessors, the new Xenobots can work together in groups and self-heal. But version 2.0 are faster, live longer, and can record information about their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers believe future models could\u00a0detect diseases and deliver drugs to specific areas of the body.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Programming_nature\"><\/span>Programming nature<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Biologists at Tufts University made the tiny\u00a0robots by microinjecting amphibian eggs with RNA. After 24 hours, they removed the egg membrane.<\/p>\n<p>Next, they harvested the stem cell tissue from the embryo. The tissue then formed into spheres with tiny hair-like structures \u2014 called cilia \u2014 that move to propel the\u00a0bots across a surface.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_eLsiAv8w4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs the Tufts scientists worked, their colleagues at the University of Vermont (UVM) used an evolutionary algorithm running on a supercomputer to simulate how different Xenobot shapes would behave.<\/p>\n<p>The simulations identified which designs worked best gathering debris within a field of particles.\u00a0The researchers say the new Xenobots were far\u00a0better at the task than version 1.0.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0How to use AI to better serve your customers]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The team also gave the robots a basic memory function.<\/p>\n<p>The capability is\u00a0powered by a fluorescent reporter protein called EosFP, which normally glows green, but emits a red color when exposed to light at 390nm wavelength.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers injected the cells of the frog embryos\u00a0with messenger RNA coding for the protein, which enabled the mature Xenobots to\u00a0record exposure to blue light at around 390nm.<\/p>\n<p>They tested the function on 10 Xenobots swimming around a surface where one spot was illuminated by the light. After two hours, three of the bots emitted a red light, while the rest remained green.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers say this provided a memory of their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> experience.\u201d With further improvements, they believe the function could record the presence of drugs, pollutants, or disease conditions.<\/p>\n<p><span>Team member\u00a0Josh Bongard, a robotics expert at UVM, said they could also be engineered to perform more complex tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>We could potentially design them not only to report conditions in their environment but also to modify and repair conditions in their environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the research paper in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robotics.sciencemag.org\/content\/6\/52\/eabf1571\">Science Robotics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings Humanoids! 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