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  • Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm

    Apr 28, 2020 10:30 am
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    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers developed tiny walking “spinobots,” powered by rat muscle and spinal cord tissue on a soft, 3D-printed hydrogel skeleton.