Published in Advanced Functional Materials
The paper on “Biohybrid Robots” by Hiroyuki Tetsuka, as a visiting researcher of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was published in the journal of Advanced Functional Materials.
Recent attention has been drawn to the possibility of designing organic-like robots and human–machine interfaces, replicated the peculiarity of our living systems, by fusing living organisms and artificial systems. By integrating a wireless cell stimulation device with a living cardiac muscle-based actuator made from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), this research has demonstrated the first fabrication of wirelessly powered 3D printed biohybrid robots whose movements are remotely controllable via wireless power transmission. This approach will contribute to the development of biohybrid systems with interactive sensing, actuating, and information processing capabilities that can be achieved through integrated wireless circuit designs.
In addition, an illustration from this study was selected as one of the covers of the journal.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202270176
Authors: Tetsuka, H., Pirrami, L., Wang, T., Demarchi, D., Shin, SR.
Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials
Published: August 1, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202202674
