Leader - Kevin Kit Parker
Leader - Kevin Kit Parker
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Robotic ray is part animal, part machine
Published on Jul 7, 2016
"Robotic stingray powered by light-activated muscle cells"Quote:
Light-controlled cardiac muscle cells guide swimming of an artificial animal.
by Elizabeth Pennisi
July 7, 2016
"Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray"
Science
July 8, 2016
Article "Robotic Stingray Powered by Heart Cells From Rats"
Harvard researchers announce advance in field trying to build better artificial human body parts
by Robert Lee Hotz
July 7, 2016
https://youtu.be/heegzMhodmI
Robotic stingray powered by rat cells
Published on Jul 7, 2016
Quote:
The Robotic Stingray might sound like a new Sci-Fi movie, but this is realer than a $5 movie theater Diet Coke. Researchers designed this robo-ray to accurately mimic the movements of real stingrays.The fin contracts downward when a layer of rat muscle cells along the top of the ray are stimulated with lights. Stored energy causes the fins to move upward. Asymmetrical pulses of light direct the stingray to turn left or right. Different frequencies of light change the stingray’s speed. At only 16 millimeters long, it’s much less fearsome than the sort stingray you’d find in the wild.
https://youtu.be/L3Xg61eCTpQ
A cyborg stingray made of rat muscles and gold
Published on Jul 13, 2016
"A Cyborg Stingray Made of Rat Muscles and Gold"Quote:
A team of researchers have found a way to meld bioinspiration with robotics and cybernetics with the creation of a fully controllable robotic ray that uses light-activated rat muscle cells to swim. The research has just been published in Science, and it’s impressive. And also adorable.
by Evan Ackerman
July 7, 2016