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Computer scientists and biologists have teamed up to make a new class of living robotics that challenge the boundary between digital and biological. A xenobot, derived from the skin cells of frog ...

BOSTON - Xenobots, also known as the world’s first living robots, have the capability to reproduce, according to a recent study from the University of Vermont, Tufts University and Harvard University.

A "living machine" containing frog stem cells in a new configuration designed by a computer algorithm. Parts shown in green are made up of frog skin cells, while parts in red are frog heart cells.