Issue 06 | Aug 2025
Forging New Frontiers
Mechanical Engineering
The AI swimming academy for miniature robots
Powered by artificial intelligence, tiny robotic swimmers traverse tricky terrain by mimicking how human cells find their way.
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nside your body, there’s constant motion. Not the kind you notice, but the kind that keeps you going. Immune cells fan out like search parties, sniffing out intruders. Gut microbes wriggle towards nutrients. Sperm cells race, jostle and twist their way through the narrow corridors of the female reproductive tract. Even nerve cells, in their earliest stages, inch toward their intended destinations.
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