Xenobots—living robots made from the stem cells of the African frog (Xenopus laevis)—had already impressed researchers by moving, healing themselves, and even spontaneously piling up debris that was ...

An anthrobot is shown, depth colored, with a corona of cilia that provides locomotion for the bot. Xenobots—a new classification of robots built from biological cells—evolved from theory to reality in ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover exciting new 'living robots' called xenobots — made from frog cells with the help of a supercomputer — and what they might be used for down the road.