Meet Xenobots — World’s First ‘Living’ Machines Created Using Frog Stem Cells

How does an organism evolve? One might quickly quote Darwin and throw all-encompassing words like “universe” and “nature”. No disrespect to the great evolutionist, but unlike in former times, humans are now capable of forcing evolution onto other beings. For instance, researchers from the University of Vermont and the Truft University have forced integrated growing cells from frog embryos into new organisms, by using artificial intelligence algorithms. They are called Xenobots — living machines, which are only 0.04 inches (1 mm) wide. Meet Xenobots These Xenobots are named after African clawed frog — Xenopus laevis, from where the stem cells were obtained. These frogs neither have any resemblance with the amphibian nor do they look as creepy as the water bears. The