Is it dangerous to create living robots? Using frog cells, scientists have made a creature small enough to travel inside a human body. Half-machine, half-animal, it is an entirely new life form.
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The living robot! Part-frog, part-machine
Is it dangerous to create living robots? Using frog cells, scientists have made a creature small enough to travel inside a human body. Half-machine, half-animal, it is an entirely new life form.
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Scientists in the USA have made the world's first living robot. It is made using AI and cells from a live frog. It is called a xenobot.
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The robots are so small they can travel inside a person. They will have jobs. Xenobots are tiny enough to travel around with blood cells.
They can bring medicine to parts of the body we cannot reach.
The xenobots are like robots. They are made using computers. But they can also grow just like living things.
Is it dangerous to create living robots?
Some say
No! The robots will help people get better when they are ill. We should not be scared of scientific discoveriesThings that have been found out. !
Others think
Yes! Scientists do not know much about these robots yet. They may not be able to control them. We need to be careful.
The living robot! Part-frog, part-machine
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Discoveries - Things that have been found out.