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The LED chips use light to stimulate the mouse tissue. As the muscles contract, they contort the scaffold which, thanks to its asymmetrical design, spurs the robot to “walk” forward.

The robot uses artificial and living parts in fusion, in this case to walk. Though not quite as quickly or dramatically as we've seen from the all-artificial Boston bots.