# This biohybrid robot walks using lab-grown mouse muscles

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/this-biohybrid-robot-walks-using-lab-grown-mouse-muscles/
- Published: 2023-01-25T09:30:10-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Zhi Dou, Gazzola Lab at UIUC. Article by Joanna Thompson. Inverse – January 23, 2023 Engineers have created the fastest-moving part-meat robot yet. Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic matter and forced to perform menial factory work. Today, “robot” is largely used to describe an entirely different type of worker — an automaton usually made from steel and plastic. But that connotation may soon begin to swing back towards Capek’s organic vision. […] Click here to view original web page at www.inverse.com