Scientests create stingray robot with living cells

US-based researchers have created a stingray robot with living cells that can respond to light signals, paving the way for autonomous artificial creatures that can carry out their own decision-making. The robot has an outer layer of cells grown from rats’ heart muscles that power its wing-like fins, which are made from flexible plastic and…

Robot surgeons might soon replace humans for complicated procedures

Anyone who has either gone under the knife or who has had someone close to them go under the knife can readily attest that the entire surgical process is harrowing. Even when the primary objective of an operation goes smoothly, the risk of problematic complications always looms overhead. It’s no exaggeration to state that the…

CURIOSITY ROVER BEAMS BACK PHOTO OF STALKING MECHANICAL ROBOT ON MARS

It’s a rock…it’s a natural formation…No, it’s just a giant robot that’s peeking on NASA’s unaware Curiosity rover. Mars seems to (unofficially) have it all. From liquid water, to living creatures that crawl over the rocky surface, to flying unidentified objects, and even dusty relics reminding of a complex culture that had once flourished in…