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Biohybrid robot joins living tissue with mechanical skeleton.
Robotic device remained functional for more than a week.
3D-printed resin skeleton had anchors added to attach living tissue.
Myoblasts incorporated into hydrogel sheets grown between the anchors.
Bot’s fingertip can bend up and down.
Able to pick up a tiny ring and place it on a peg.
Testing drugs on biohybrid robots could reduce animal testing.
The study was published in the Science Robotics journal.
