Building machines from muscle: University of Illinois demonstrates "walking" bio-robot

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Group@VetMed )" data-pic-id="276823" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>The University of Illionois has demonstrated a bio-robot built from a flexibly hydrogel spine and a piece of spinal muscle that can walk along in response to an electrical pulse (Graphic by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Design Group@VetMed )</p> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item gallery-img-container js-gallery-img-container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="gallery-image js-gallery-image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-1.png?fit=max&h=670&w=770&s=b88d13c572397cc23d365d7d627f509f" alt="Previous bio-robots using heart tissue could walk, but operated spontaneously and continuously, whereas the new bots ..." title="Previous bio-robots using heart tissue could walk, but operated spontaneously and continuously, whereas the new bots can respond to electrical stimulation" data-pic-id="276825" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>Previous bio-robots using heart tissue could walk, but operated spontaneously and continuously, whereas the new bots can respond to electrical stimulation</p> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item gallery-img-container js-gallery-img-container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="gallery-image js-gallery-image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-3.png?fit=max&h=670&w=770&s=b87d5f2cec10b8ea90b1f4470e1308ce" alt="The bio-robot's simple structure - a 3D printed hydrogel bridge with two feet, and a piece ..." title="The bio-robot's simple structure - a 3D printed hydrogel bridge with two feet, and a piece of spinal muscle" data-pic-id="276827" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>The bio-robot's simple structure - a 3D printed hydrogel bridge with two feet, and a piece of spinal muscle</p> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item gallery-img-container js-gallery-img-container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="gallery-image js-gallery-image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-5.png?fit=max&h=670&w=770&s=4e70ee35174171be3b683381c15ed7ee" alt="As the muscle contracts, the flexible spine bends and the bot shuffles forward" title="As the muscle contracts, the flexible spine bends and the bot shuffles forward" data-pic-id="276828" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>As the muscle contracts, the flexible spine bends and the bot shuffles forward</p> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item gallery-img-container js-gallery-img-container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="gallery-image js-gallery-image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-7.png?fit=max&h=670&w=770&s=b56630e6e01858b4ba052f1a7174f3c1" alt="Bio-robot seen from the side" title="Bio-robot seen from the side" data-pic-id="276829" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>Bio-robot seen from the side</p> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item gallery-img-container js-gallery-img-container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="gallery-image js-gallery-image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-8.png?fit=max&h=670&w=770&s=eddf5d1360515a5bd36605c7f40edd27" alt="Prof. Rashid Bashar, study leader of the biorobot project (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)" title="Prof. Rashid Bashar, study leader of the biorobot project (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)" data-pic-id="276830" itemprop="contentURL"> </div> <div class="caption caption--inline" itemprop="description about caption"> <p>Prof. Rashid Bashar, study leader of the biorobot project (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)</p> </div> </div> <div class="ad "> <div class="ad-label">Advertisement</div> <script async src="//web.archive.org/web/20150927041426js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle ad-gallery-bottom" style="" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1607124478120364" data-ad-slot="4260333365"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="page-section"> <p class="h2 title-standout">Other Images from this Gallery</p> <ul class="gallery-thumbnails js-gallery-thumbnails"> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#1"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-6.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=ee68b9b7715e0cf95165c718f75bcb04" alt="Actual bio-robot showing the figure-8 shape of the muscle tissue" title="Actual bio-robot showing the figure-8 shape of the muscle tissue"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#2"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=5ed076e0ab0a6c3c693496e18d98aa74" alt="The University of Illionois has demonstrated a bio-robot built from a flexibly hydrogel spine and a ..." title="The University of Illionois has demonstrated a bio-robot built from a flexibly hydrogel spine and a piece of spinal muscle that can walk along in response to an electrical pulse (Graphic by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Design Group@VetMed )"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#3"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-1.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=a849ec8284f0f1f78354d5cafdf1b149" alt="Previous bio-robots using heart tissue could walk, but operated spontaneously and continuously, whereas the new bots ..." title="Previous bio-robots using heart tissue could walk, but operated spontaneously and continuously, whereas the new bots can respond to electrical stimulation"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#4"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-3.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=c10c64eeb19292c6d9682b3da474083f" alt="The bio-robot's simple structure - a 3D printed hydrogel bridge with two feet, and a piece ..." title="The bio-robot's simple structure - a 3D printed hydrogel bridge with two feet, and a piece of spinal muscle"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#5"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-5.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=66b80cdc105bb43023d77faddc5311e9" alt="As the muscle contracts, the flexible spine bends and the bot shuffles forward" title="As the muscle contracts, the flexible spine bends and the bot shuffles forward"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#6"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-7.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=2f82213eb648c077593017bb24a464c8" alt="Bio-robot seen from the side" title="Bio-robot seen from the side"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426/http://www.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle/32804/pictures#7"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927041426im_/http://img.gizmag.com/walking-bio-robot-spinal-muscle-8.png?fit=crop&h=296&w=296&s=459975059ddd6f6c23bb2994ac821ebc" alt="Prof. Rashid Bashar, study leader of the biorobot project (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)" title="Prof. Rashid Bashar, study leader of the biorobot project (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)"> </a> </ul> </div> <div class="page-section"> <div class="gallery-summary"> <p class="h2 title-standout">Article Summary</p> <p>If you're going to deploy robots in biological settings – for example, inside the body – it makes a lot of sense to build those robots out of actual biological body parts. Muscle, for example, is a very effective, biodegradable replacement for an electric actuator that can run in a nutrient-rich fluid without the need for any other power source. Bio-robotics experts in Illinois have demonstrated a walking bio-bot built from 3-D printed hydrogel and spinal muscle tissue that can "walk" in response to an electrical signal. 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