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Robot Piloted by a Slime Mold

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the blob-of-borg dept.

TeknoHog writes "Robotics researchers from the UK and Japan have linked up a slime mold to remotely control a six-legged robot. The mold, which is naturally light-sensitive, is able to hide the robot in dark corners, and the scientists expect to further this technology for use in smaller, autonomous units. There is also a preprint of the research paper available from the University of Southampton."

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  1. Living brain controls flight simulator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Similar study last year. Experimental "brain" (25,000 living neurons, taken from a rat's brain and cultured inside a glass dish) interacts with an F-22 fighter jet flight simulator through a specially designed multi-electrode array and a desktop computer

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/02/brain.dish/

  2. Um... this sounds familiar... but from where?... by ZeusAndHades · · Score: 5, Interesting
    This sounds like something I would find in low level dungeons in Angband...

    You hit the slime mold.
    The slime mold hits you.
    The slime mold's robot hits you.
    You hit the slime mold.
    The slime mold hits you.
    The slime mold's robot hits you.
    You miss the slime mold.
    The slime mold hits you.
    The slime mold's robot hits you.
    You are dead.
    -hit spacebar for high scores-

    --
    -=Zeus=And=Hades=-