Xenobot

Xenobot
A xenobot design discovered in simulation (left) and the deployed organism (right) built from frog skin (green) and heart muscle (red)
IndustryRobotics, Synthetic biology
ApplicationMedicine, environmental remediation
DimensionsMicroscale
Fuel sourceNutrients
Self-propelledYes
ComponentsFrog cells
InventorSam Kriegman, Douglas Blackiston, Michael Levin, Josh Bongard
Invented2020

Xenobots, named after the clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), are synthetic lifeforms that are designed by computers to perform some desired function and built by combining together different biological tissues. There is debate among scientists whether xenobots are robots, organisms, or something else entirely.

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