Robots could be covered in human flesh to grow skin grafts

The idea of a robot covered in human skin, muscles and tendons, might sound like the main character of the latest horror film. But researchers from the University of Oxford have predicted that the gruesome bots could soon be used in medicine. They suggest that flesh-covered bots will be used in the near-future to grow tissue grafts for the injured and elderly. The Eccerobot, known as Ecci, was developed by scientists from the University of Zurich in 2011. It was the first ever robot to have'muscles' and'tendons', as well as the'bones' they help move.