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Harnessing electrical signals made by a king oyster mushroom and its sensitivity to light, researchers engineered biohybrid robots that respond to the environment.

A team of scientists unveiled a robot face covered with a delicate layer of living skin that heals itself and crinkles into a smile in hopes of developing more human-like cyborgs.

Increasingly, researchers are looking to nature to provide guidance on how to make better robots. In fact, another group from UVA presented their tuna robot in Science Robotics in 2019.