Xenobots -- When Robots Start Living

Imagine if all the microplastics in the sea could be cleared and collected by biodegradable organisms, or if tiny programmable species could detect and destroy cancerous tumours. Both of these have been listed as possible applications for xenobots -- synthetic bio-bots created by a team of scientists at the University of Vermont. This combination of artificial intelligence and biology is revolutionary and has the potential to change what the science field looks like in the future.