The Debut of a Robotic Stingray, Powered by Light-Activated Rat Cells (11 of 18) (VIDEO)

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Park et al. visualized the fluid dynamics of batoids as they used their fins to propel themselves forward. The researchers used this data to develop a robot that's capable of similar movement. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 8, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.-J. Park at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Cambridge, MA, and colleagues was titled, "Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray."

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S.-J. Park et al., Science (2016)

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