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If you’ve ever enjoyed those horror movies that involve organ harvesting, you may be pleased to know that scientists are one step closer to using organic matter to power robots. Sea slugs are getting first honors though.
Scientists from Case Western Reserve University took a sea slug’s mouth muscle and attached it to two-inch 3-D printed parts to make a “biohybrid robot.” When shocked using electricity, the muscle helps the hybrid crawl forward—though at the not-very-quick speed of 0.4 centimeters a minute.