Flour and Oats Power Biohybrid Robot for Reforestation

Genoa, Italy (SPX) May 14, 2024

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in collaboration with the University of Freiburg have developed a biohybrid robot, which consists of a flour-based capsule created using 3D microfabrication techniques, and two natural appendages from oat fruit capable of moving in response to air humidity. Named HybriBot, this new device can accommodate nat