Scientists Combine AI With Biology to Create Xenobots, the World's First 'Living Robots'

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By The ConversationJan 21, 2020, 12:21 pm192 pts
By Simon Coghlan and Kobi Leins A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world's first "living robots." None This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem cells. The term "xeno"…

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