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US researchers have found that living robots, produced from the stem cells of African frog embryos, are capable of reproducing themselves.

Video. Scientists who created 'living robots' say they can now reproduce

Updated: 02/12/2021 - 21:27 GMT+1

Last year, researchers made "living robots" by incubating stem cells from frog embryos. Now they’ve discovered that they're able to self-replicate.

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