This humanoid robot has a mind of its own. Researchers at Tianjin University in China have created a robot that is controlled by human brain cells in a first-of-its-kind breakthrough in ...

A wheeled bot rolls across the floor. A soft-bodied robotic star bends its five legs, moving with an awkward shuffle. Powered by conventional electricity via plug or battery, these simple robotic ...

Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines By Katie Hunt, CNN 5 minute read Updated 9:44 AM EDT, Wed September 4, 2024 Link Copied! Follow: ...

Its secret? The robot is a biohybrid blend of living, human-derived neurons and muscle cells controlled by a programmable electronic “brain.” The cells cover a synthetic “skeleton” with fins and form ...

Robots controlled by fungi, despite giving strong Last of Us vibes, are a good idea on paper. Fungi are very easy to sustain and can live pretty much everywhere, ...

A starfish-like robot contracts its five legs to inch across a wood floor, not powered by batteries or plugged into an outlet, but instead controlled by signals from mushrooms.

This study comes from the Organic Robots Lab at Cornell, operated by Professor Rob Shepherd, who oversaw the project from lead author Anand Mishra. Engineers have built traditional robots that can ...

The walking, talking Optimus robots that stole the show during Elon Musk’s splashy “Cybercab” event in Hollywood last week were operated in part through remote control by humans, according ...

For the first time in the history of robot dogs and space travel, a four-legged robodog has been controlled by a human outside of the Earth's atmosphere. Only robots with wheels have been ...

Fungi-controlled robots, and fungal computing more broadly, have huge potential, according to Adamatzky. He said his lab has produced more than 30 sensing and computing devices using live ...