Scientists Created <br />the World's First Living Robots, , and Now They Can Reproduce.<br />CNN reports that the team of scientists <br />who created the world's first living robots say <br />the new life forms now have the ability to reproduce. .<br />The creatures are formed from the stem cells <br />of the African clawed frog (xenopus laevis), <br />which is why they are referred to as xenobots. .<br />The creatures are formed from the stem cells <br />of the African clawed frog (xenopus laevis), <br />which is why they are referred to as xenobots. .<br />In 2020, the xenobots were first unveiled after experiments showed they could move, cooperate and self-heal. .<br />Now, scientists say they have discovered <br />a new form of biological reproduction <br />unlike any other animal or plant known to science. .<br />The project involves teams from the University of Vermont, Tufts University and Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.<br />Frogs have a way of reproducing that they normally use but when you ... liberate (the cells) from the rest of the embryo and you give them a chance to figure out how to be in a new environment, not only do they figure out a new way to move, but they also figure out apparently a new way to reproduce. , Michael Levin, a professor of biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, via CNN.<br />Josh Bongard, the lead author of the study,<br />said that the process is called "kinetic replication.".<br />Bongard told CNN that this process normally occurs <br />at a molecular level but has never been recorded <br />at the scale of whole cells or organisms. .<br />The xenobots are able to gather stem cells in a petri dish and transform them into new xenobots after a few days. .<br />According to CNN, despite the breakthrough, <br />the xenobots are still an emerging technology <br />and don't yet have a practical application.
