Xenobot
Xenobots are computer-designed, lab-assembled biological constructs made from frog cells that exhibit locomotion, environmental interaction, self-repair, and, under specific conditions, kinematic self-replication. Developed by researchers at the University of Vermont, Tufts University, and Harvard’s Wyss Institute beginning in 2020, xenobots are built from unmodified Xenopus laevis embryonic cells and explored as a model system in synthetic biology, robotics, and artificial life.
