Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through a watery maze

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 29 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, the team presents a design for a thin, muscle-powered swimming robot. The…

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• T2Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through a watery mazePhys.org / ScienceDaily (tech)29 Sept, 14:00