Biohybrid robots controlled by electrical impulses -- in mushrooms
August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 28 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Building a robot takes time, technical skill, the right materials and sometimes, a little fungus.
In creating a pair of new robots, Cornell researchers cultivated an unlikely component, one found not in the lab but on the forest floor: fungal mycelia. By harnessing mycelia's innate electrical signals, the researchers discovered a new way of controlling "biohybrid" robots that can p . . .
Building a robot takes time, technical skill, the right materials and sometimes, a little fungus.
In creating a pair of new robots, Cornell researchers cultivated an unlikely component, one found not in the lab but on the forest floor: fungal mycelia. By harnessing mycelia's innate electrical signals, the researchers discovered a new way of controlling "biohybrid" robots that can p . . .