Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild

Published on September 5, 2024

Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild

Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells.

But given a chance, what might this web of impulses do if granted a moment of freedom?

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