The first living robots

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THE FIRST LIVING
ROBOTS
Dmitriev D.D.

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Who are
robots?
It’s a machine that perceives, thinks and acts!

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Who are
xenobots?
They are used my
name!
Xenopus laevis
They are synthetic lifeform and used to
perform a specific function.

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A manufactured quadruped organism
650-750 microns in diameter—a bit smaller than a pinhead

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How it moves

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Pros
Cons
searching out nasty compounds
little-studied
searching out radioactive contamination
too complicated system
gathering microplastic in the oceans
implications of rapid technological change
and complex biological manipulations
traveling in arteries to scrape out plaque
drug delivery
toxic waste clean-up
implications of rapid technological change
and complex biological manipulations

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WHOA!

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References
https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/team-builds-first-living-robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-01-team-robots.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/13/metro/scientists-uvmtufts-create-living-robots/