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RE: Xenobot; Breakthrough on the First Living Robot
I wonder what a robot about a grain of salt is capable of doing. Moreover, I still can't see why the Xenobot is termed "living" when it is incapable of reproduction and growth. Anyway, thanks for sharing this great work. Cheers!
The salt like robot is capable of causing lots of havoc in the hands of the wrong person. Something as small as that can go into the bloodstream of a human and deposit toxic substances if used wrongly.
It is termed living because it is made up of living cells and can feed. The robot might not be able to reproduce on its own but can multiply when splitted since it heals.
Thanks for the clarifications, Enny. I find it useful.
To a certain extent, it reminds me of the idea of biological support devices, which instead of electronic components, are designed with organic cells, perhaps it is very risky to say that they are "alive", but at least they are made of biological cells that are They usually consider part of living organisms.