The BIO-BOT made from skeletal tissue and muscle cells

Researchers have developed a type of walking'bio-bot' powered by skeletal muscle cells. The bots muscle cells can be controlled by blue light, causing the multi-legged bot to move forwards. The team that designed the bio-bot released a step-by-step guide of how to make one so that other researchers have the knowledge to build their own. Schematic of a bio-bot: Engineered skeletal muscle tissue is coupled to a 3D printed flexible skeleton. The researchers, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, developed the robot using 3D printing to make a skeleton for the bot.